From Middle English walten, from Old English wæltan, weltan, wieltan, wyltan, wiltan, from Proto-West Germanic *waltijan, from Proto-Germanic *waltijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wel-. Cognate with German wälzen, Danish vælte, Swedish välta. Related to waltz.
From Middle English *walt, from Old English *wealt (attested in unwealt, sinwealt), from Proto-Germanic *waltaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wel-.
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