Wales
Middle English
/ˈwaːl(ə)s/
proper noun
Definitions
- Wales country that is a constituent part of the United Kingdom
Etymology
Inherited from Old English Wēalas affix from Middle English wale (outsider, wheal, preference, selection, welt).
Origin
Middle English
wale
Gloss
outsider, wheal, preference, selection, welt
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Wales English
- Wales Hungarian
- *walhaz Proto-Germanic
- ウェールズ Japanese
- Wēalas Old English
- Wēalas, Wealas Old English
- wealh Old English
- Walsch Middle English
- wale Middle English
- walen Middle English
- walmore Middle English
- walnot Middle English
- walwort Middle English
- Uên Vietnamese
- ဝေလ Burmese
- 威爾士 Chinese
- વેલ્સ Gujarati