walnut
English
/ˈwɑlnət/, /ˈwɔːlnʌt/
noun
Definitions
- A hardwood tree of the genus Juglans.
- A nut of the walnut tree.
- Wood of the walnut tree.
- Dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English walnote inherited from Old English wealhhnutu (walnut, Welsh-nut, foreign nut) derived from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (foreigner, Celt, non-Germanic foreigner, later Roman, Roman, stranger, an outlander, outlander, Romance).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*walhaz
Gloss
foreigner, Celt, non-Germanic foreigner, later Roman, Roman, stranger, an outlander, outlander, Romance
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- walnutty English
- Volcae Latin
- walnoot Dutch, Flemish
- walnotenboom Dutch, Flemish
- *walhahnuts Proto-Germanic
- *walhaz Proto-Germanic
- Wealas Old English
- Wēalas, Wealas Old English
- hnutu Old English
- wealh Old English
- wealhhnutu Old English
- wælisc Old English
- wall Middle English
- walnot Middle English
- walnote Middle English
- walsh-note Middle English
- *volxъ Proto-Slavic
- Gaule Old French
- walnote Middle Dutch
- ᚹᚨᛚᚺᚨ Old High German
- Eflak Turkish
- walnat Malay
- *walh gmw-pro
- walnut Middle Low German
- *Walha(land), *Walhaland Frankish
- *walh Frankish
- Waalnuute Saterland Frisian