walt
verbeadjectifcourant dans les dialogues
To roll; tumble
verbe
- 1
obsolèteTo roll; tumble
- 2
obsolèteTo turn; cast; hurl; fling; overturn
Étymologie
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.
adjectif
- 1
archaïqueunsteady; crank
Étymologie
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”).
Formes
- comparatif
- more walt
- superlatif
- most walt
- passé
- walted
- participe passé
- walted
- participe présent
- walting
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- walts