Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/walkaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *welk-, *welg-, extended form of *welH- (“to turn, to wind, roll”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwɑl.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*walkaną

to turn, wind, roll, toss
to wend, walk, wander
to trample, full (cloth)

Inflection

Conjugation of *walkaną (strong class 7c)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*walkō	*walkaų	—	*walkai	?
2nd singular	*walkizi	*walkaiz	*walk	*walkazai	*walkaizau
3rd singular	*walkidi	*walkai	*walkadau	*walkadai	*walkaidau
1st dual	*walkōz	*walkaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*walkadiz	*walkaidiz	*walkadiz	—	—
1st plural	*walkamaz	*walkaim	—	*walkandai	*walkaindau
2nd plural	*walkid	*walkaid	*walkid	*walkandai	*walkaindau
3rd plural	*walkandi	*walkain	*walkandau	*walkandai	*walkaindau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*wewalk	*wewalkį̄
2nd singular	*wewalht	*wewalkīz
3rd singular	*wewalk	*wewalkī
1st dual	*wewalkū	*wewalkīw
2nd dual	*wewalkudiz	*wewalkīdiz
1st plural	*wewalkum	*wewalkīm
2nd plural	*wewalkud	*wewalkīd
3rd plural	*wewalkun	*wewalkīn

	present	past
participles	*walkandz	*walkanaz

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *walkan
- Old English: wealcan
  - Middle English: walken, walk, walke, walkyn, wolken (conflated with wealcian)
    - English: walk, waulk
    - Scots: walk
- Old Saxon: *walkan
  - Middle Low German: walken
    - Low German: walken
- Old Dutch: *walcan
  - Middle Dutch: walken
    - Dutch: walken
- Old High German: walcan, walkan, walchan
  - Middle High German: walchen, walken
    - Bavarian: wålchn, wålgn, woika, woikn
    - Cimbrian: balchan
    - German: walken
    - → Italian: gualcare
- → Old French: gauchier
  - Middle French: gauchier, gaucher, gauchir
    - French: gauchir
  - Walloon: wauquier
  - Old French: gauchie, guauche
    - Middle French: gauche, gaulche
      - French: gauche
        → English: gauche
    - Norman: gauche
    - Walloon: gôche

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*walkan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 570

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*walkan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 570

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