Walsch
Middle English
/ˈwal(i)ʃ/
proper noun
Definitions
- An individual of Welsh ethnicity; a Welshman.
- An individual living or residing in Wales.
- Middle (Middle) Welsh the Insular Celtic language spoken in Wales
- A kind of woollen cloth originating from Wales.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English wīelisċ (Celt, foreigner) inherited from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz (foreign, non-Germanic, later Roman, Celt, later also Roman, Roman) 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
- Welsh English
- Welsh cake English
- Welsher English
- Welshery English
- Welshified English
- Welshism English
- Welshland English
- Welshman English
- Welshness English
- Welshpool English
- Welshwoman English
- welshite English
- welshnut English
- Welsh Dutch, Flemish
- *wĺ̥kʷos Proto-Indo-European
- *walhiskaz Proto-Germanic
- wealh Old English
- wielisc Old English
- wæcla Old English
- wīelisċ Old English
- Wales Middle English
- wale Middle English
- walen Middle English
- walmore Middle English
- walnot Middle English
- walwort Middle English
- welische Middle English
- valskr Old Norse
- walsch Middle Dutch
- walahisc Old High German
- walask Old High German
- *walhisk gmw-pro
- *walsk Old Dutch