Welschschweiz
German (Berlin)
/ˈvɛlʃˌʃvaɪ̯t͡s/
proper noun
Definitions
- Romandy, French-speaking Switzerland
Etymology
Compound from German welsch (concerning Romance-speaking areas of Switzerland, foreign, the Romance-speaking areas and population of Switzerland) + German Schweiz (Switzerland).
Origin
German (Berlin)
Schweiz
Gloss
Switzerland
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Welsh onion English
- Deutschschweiz German
- Schweiz German
- Schweizer German
- Welschland German
- schweizweit German
- welsch German
- suíço Portuguese
- Schweiz Swedish
- Schweiz Danish
- Šveice Latvian
- wälsch (wälisch, wälhisch, welhisch, walsch), welsch Middle High German
- שווייץ Hebrew (modern)