From Middle English wallopen, from Anglo-Norman, from Old Northern French walop and waloper (compare Old French galoper, whence modern French galoper), from Frankish *wala hlaupan from *wala + *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupanÄ…, from Proto-Indo-European *klaub-. Possibly also derived from a deverbal of Frankish *walhlaup from *wal from Proto-Germanic from Proto-Indo-European *wel- + *hlaup from *hlaupan. Compare the doublet gallop.
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