Etymograph

English

footwalk

From foot + walk.

A compound of foot + walk

Proto-Indo-European *pṓds ‘foot’

Proto-Germanic *fōts ‘foot’

Proto-West Germanic *fōt

Old English fōt ‘foot’

Middle English fot ‘foot’

English foot

Proto-Indo-European *welH- ‘to roll’

Proto-Germanic *walkaną ‘to roll, toss, turn; to walk’

Proto-West Germanic *walkan

Old English wealcan ‘to move around, roll’

Middle English walken ‘to roll, toss; to walk’

English walk

Today it means

noun A pedestrian walkway.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / footwalk