walt
verboadjetivocorrente nos diálogos
To roll; tumble
verbo
- 1
obsoletoTo roll; tumble
- 2
obsoletoTo turn; cast; hurl; fling; overturn
Etimologia
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.
adjetivo
- 1
arcaicounsteady; crank
Etimologia
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”).
Formas
- comparativo
- more walt
- superlativo
- most walt
- pretérito
- walted
- particípio passado
- walted
- gerúndio
- walting
- 3.ª pessoa do singular
- walts