Welsh
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Middle English Welische, from Old English wīlisc, wylisc, from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz (“Celt; later Roman”) (compare Dutch (Flemish) waalsch (“Walloon”), German (Swiss) welsch (“French; Romansch”), Danish vælsk (“French, Italian, southern European”)), from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“Celt”) (compare Old English wealh, Old Norse valir (“Northern French”), Old High German walaha (“Roman; Rutulian”)), from Gaulish tribal name Volcae, from volcos (“agile”) (compare Old Irish folg (“agile, energetic”)). This word was borrowed from Germanic into Slavic (compare Old Church Slavonic влахъ (vlachŭ, “Vlachs, Romanians”), Byzantine Greek Βλάχος (Bláchos)).
Cognate to Walloon and first part of walnut.
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Welsh
- (collectively) The people of Wales.
- The Welsh language.
- A surname for someone who was a Welshman or a Celt.
- A breed of pig, kept mainly for bacon.
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Welsh (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to Wales.
- Of or pertaining to the Welsh language.
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From English.
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Welsh n. (uncountable)
- Welsh, the language.
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Welsh (not comparable)
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| positive | comparative | superlative | |||
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| attributive | predicative/adverbial | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | Welsh | — | |||
| neuter singular |
indefinite | Welsh | — | ||
| definite | Welshe | — | — | — | |
| common singular | Welshe | — | — | — | |
| plural | Welshe | — | — | — | |
| partitive | Welsh | — | |||
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- Wels (unusual)
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Gaulish
- English proper nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Middle English
- English adjectives
- English uncomparable adjectives
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- en:Languages
- en:Nationalities
- en:United Kingdom
- en:Wales
- Dutch terms derived from English
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch uncountable nouns
- Dutch adjectives
- nl:Countries
- nl:Nationalities
- nl:United Kingdom
- nl:Wales