walt
VerbAdjektivhäufig in Dialogen
To roll; tumble
Verb
- 1
veraltetTo roll; tumble
- 2
veraltetTo turn; cast; hurl; fling; overturn
Herkunft
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.
Adjektiv
- 1
altertümlichunsteady; crank
Herkunft
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”).
Formen
- Komparativ
- more walt
- Superlativ
- most walt
- Präteritum
- walted
- Partizip II
- walted
- Partizip I
- walting
- 3. Person Singular
- walts