walt

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See also: Walt, Wält, and WALT

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English walten, from Old English wæltan, weltan, wieltan, wyltan, wiltan, from Proto-West Germanic *waltijan, 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)

  1. (intransitive, dialectal or obsolete) To roll; tumble
  2. (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)

  1. (archaic, nautical) unsteady; crank
Derived terms

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

walt

  1. singular imperative of walten

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *walþu.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /walt/,

Noun

walt n

  1. forest, wood

Inflection

Like other u-stem nouns, walt likely became an a-stem over time:

Declension of walt (neuter a-stem noun)
case singular plural
nominative walt walt
accusative walt walt
genitive waldes waldo
dative walde waldon

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: wout
    • Dutch: woud
    • Limburgish: waadj

Further reading

  • “walt”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wald, from Proto-Germanic *waldą (“power, authority”), whence also Old English weald, Old Norse vald.

Noun

walt m

  1. authority

Noun

walt f

  1. authority

Descendants

(From the related giwalt:)

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