balsch

Mòcheno

FWOTD – 24 May 2017

Etymology

From Middle High German welisc, from Old High German walask, from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk, from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz (“foreign, non-Germanic (i.e. Celtic, Roman)”). Cognate with German welsch (“pertaining to the Romance-speaking areas and population of Switzerland”), English Welsh (“pertaining to Wales”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /balʃ/

Adjective

balsch

1. Italian (of Italy, its people or its culture)

Noun

balsch ?

1. Italian (language)

References

• Anthony R. Rowley, Liacht as de sproch: Grammatica della lingua mòchena Deutsch-Fersentalerisch, TEMI, 2003.
• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien