An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/wälzen

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Walze

An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, W
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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2633157An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, W — wälzenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

wälzen, verb, ‘to roll, trundle,’ from Middle High German węlzen, Old High German węlzen, walzen (from *walzjan), weak verb, ‘to roll, turn, trundle’; factitive of walzen, which was originally only intransit. The Teutonic root walt, from Aryan wald, has no cognates in non-Teutonic.