Welsh

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Etymology

From Middle English Walsch, Welische, from Old English wīelisċ (“foreigner; Celt”), from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz (“Celt; later Roman”), from *walhaz (“Celt, Roman”) (compare Old English wealh), from the name of the Gaulish tribe, the Volcae (recorded only in Latin contexts). Historically the tribe's name has been linked to an animal, likely Gaulish *wolco- (“wolf”), as Caesar described the Celts having fought with huge dogs, in turn from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.[1]

This word was borrowed from Germanic into Slavic (compare Old Church Slavonic Влахъ (Vlaxŭ, “Vlachs, Romanians”), Byzantine Greek Βλάχος (Blákhos)).

Compare Walloon, walnut, Vlach, Walach, Gaul, Cornwall.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wɛlʃ/
  • Audio (US)(file)

Adjective

Welsh (not comparable)

  1. (now historical) (Native) British; pertaining to the Celtic peoples who inhabited much of Britain before the Roman occupation. [from 5thc.]
    • 1985, Michael Wood, In Search of the Trojan War:
      The Tudors, it was argued, were of Welsh or ancient British descent.
  2. (near obsolete) Foreign; non-native. [10th-16thc.]
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xxiij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVIII:
      :
      By my hede sayd syr Gareth I wylle ryde vnto my lord sir launcelot for to helpe hym / […] / ye shalle not soo said sir Bors by my counceylle / onles that ye were desguysed / ye shalle see me dysguysed said syre Gareth / and there with al he aspyed a wallysshe knyghte where he was to repose hym
  3. Of or pertaining to Wales. [from 11thc.]
  4. Of or pertaining to the Celtic language of Wales. [from 16thc.]
  5. Designating plants or animals from or associated with Wales. (See Derived terms.) [from 17thc.]

Derived terms

Related terms

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Translations

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Noun

Welsh (countable and uncountable, plural Welsh)

  1. (uncountable) The Welsh language. [from 10th c.]
    • 1832, Queen Victoria, journal, 6 Aug 1832:
      9 minutes to 2. We just stopped to have our horses' mouths washed, and there all people spoke welsh.
  2. (collectively, in the plural) The people of Wales. [from 11th c.]
  3. A breed of pig, kept mainly for bacon.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

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Proper noun

Welsh

  1. Lua error in Module:names at line 629: dot= and nodot= are no longer supported in Template:surname because a trailing period is no longer added by default; if you want it, add it explicitly after the template for someone who was a Welshman or a Celt.

See also

References

  1. ^ Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

From English Welsh.

Pronunciation

Noun

Welsh n (uncountable)

  1. Welsh, the language.

Synonyms

Adjective

Welsh (not comparable)

  1. Welsh

Inflection

Declension of Welsh
uninflected Welsh
inflected Welshe
comparative —
positive
predicative/adverbial Welsh
indefinite m./f. sing. Welshe
n. sing. Welsh
plural Welshe
definite Welshe
partitive Welsh

Synonyms

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