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walt.

To roll; tumble

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. To roll; tumble

    dialectal · intransitive · obsolete
  2. To turn; cast; hurl; fling; overturn

    dialectal · obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

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.

adj
  1. unsteady; crank

    archaic
Where this word comes from

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”).

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