Welshwoman

English

Welshwomen, c.1900

Etymology

Etymology tree

English Welsh

Proto-Germanic *wībą

Proto-West Germanic *wīb

Old English wīf

Proto-Indo-European *mon-

Proto-Germanic *mann-

Proto-West Germanic *mann

Old English mann

Old English wīfmann

Middle English woman

Middle English -woman

English -woman

English Welshwoman

From Welsh + -woman.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Welshwoman (plural Welshwomen)

1. A woman who is a native or inhabitant of Wales.

Hypernyms

• See Welshman

Translations

female native or inhabitant of Wales

• Asturian: galesa (ast)
• Catalan: gal·lesa (ca) f
• Cornish: Kembres f
• Czech: Velšanka (cs) f
• Danish: waliser c
• Dutch: Welshe (nl) f
• Finnish: walesilainen (fi), kymri (fi), walesilaisnainen
• French: Galloise (fr)
• Galician: galesa f
• German: Waliserin (de) f
• Hungarian: walesi nő
• Irish: Breatnach (ga)
• Latvian: velsiete f
• Macedonian: Ве́лшанка f (Vélšanka)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: waliser m

  Nynorsk: walisar m

• Polish: Walijka (pl) f
• Portuguese: galesa f
• Romanian: galeză f
• Russian: валли́йка (ru) f (vallíjka)
• Spanish: galesa (es) f
• Swedish: kymriska (sv) f, walesiska (sv) f
• Turkish: Galli (tr)
• Ukrainian: валлі́йка f (vallíjka)
• Welsh: Cymraes