waulk

(Engels)

to make cloth (especially tweed in Scotland) denser and more felt-like by soaking and beating.

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: walken

Geërf van Old English: wealcian

Verwante met Skots: waulk

Verwante met Nederlands: walken

Verwante met Duits: walken

Verwante met Deens: valke

Verwante met Sweeds: valka

In summary

From Middle English walken, from Old English wealcian (“to roll up; muffle up”), from Proto-West Germanic *walkōn, from Proto-Germanic *walkōną (“to roll about; full (cloth)”).
Cognate with Scots waulk (“to full”), Dutch walken (“to full”), German walken (“to full”), Danish valke (“to full”), Swedish valka (“to full”). Doublet of walk.

Sinonieme

felt

full

walk

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