English Online Dictionary. What means walt? What does walt mean?
English
Etymology 1
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.
Alternative forms
- vault
Verb
walt (third-person singular simple present walts, present participle walting, simple past and past participle walted)
- (intransitive, dialectal or obsolete) To roll; tumble
- (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To turn; cast; hurl; fling; overturn
Derived terms
- rewalt
Etymology 2
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”).
Adjective
walt (comparative more walt, superlative most walt)
- (archaic, nautical) unsteady; crank
Derived terms
- walty
German
Pronunciation
Verb
walt
- singular imperative of walten
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *walþu.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /walt/, [wɒɫt]
Noun
walt n
- forest, wood
Inflection
Like other u-stem nouns, walt likely became an a-stem over time:
Descendants
- Middle Dutch: wout
- Dutch: woud
- Limburgish: waadj
Further reading
- “walt”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *wald, from Proto-Germanic *waldą (“power, authority”), whence also Old English weald, Old Norse vald.
Noun
walt m
- authority
Noun
walt f
- authority
Descendants
(From the related giwalt:)
- Middle High German: gewalt
- German: Gewalt
- Hunsrik: Gewalt
- Luxembourgish: Gewalt
- Pennsylvania German: Gewalt
- Yiddish: געװאַלד (gevald), געוואַלט (gevalt), גװאַלד (gvald), גוואַלט (gvalt)