English

forwalk

Forwalk comes from Middle English forwalken.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Earliest quotation: 1815, Thomas Nash: “[…] they wear away with continuance, even as time…”

Formed from for- + walk

Proto-Indo-European *pro- ‘before, in front of’

Proto-Germanic *fra- ‘off, away’

Proto-West Germanic *fra- ‘forms verbs with the sense of "away from" or…’

English for-

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

Every English word from Middle English forwalken

verb To walk (someone) excessively; weary with walking.

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