walt
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English walten, from Old English wæltan, weltan, wieltan, wyltan, wiltan, from Proto-Germanic *waltijaną (“to roll; roll about”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn; wind; twist”). Cognate with German wälzen (“to wallow; roll”), Danish vælte (“to tumble; overthrow”), Swedish välta (“to roll; tumble over; overthrow”). Related to waltz.
Alternative forms
Verb
walt (third-person singular simple present walts, present participle walting, simple past and past participle walted)
- (intransitive, dialectal or obsolete) To roll; tumble
- (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To turn; cast; hurl; fling; overturn
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle English *walt, from Old English *wealt (attested in unwealt (“not given to roll; steady”), sinwealt (“circular, eternally rolling”)), from Proto-Germanic *waltaz (“changing; unstable”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn; wind; twist”).
Adjective
walt (comparative more walt, superlative most walt)
Derived terms
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *walþuz.
Noun
walt n
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Further reading
- “walt”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *waldą, whence also Old English weald, Old Norse vald
Noun
walt m
Noun
walt f
Descendants
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English lemmas
- English verbs
- English intransitive verbs
- English dialectal terms
- English terms with obsolete senses
- English transitive verbs
- English adjectives
- English terms with archaic senses
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- Old Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Dutch lemmas
- Old Dutch nouns
- Old Dutch neuter nouns
- Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old High German lemmas
- Old High German nouns
- Old High German masculine nouns
- Old High German feminine nouns