wielisc
Old English
adj
Definitions
- foreign, not English; specifically, Celtic, British, Welsh
- servile
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz (foreign, non-Germanic, later Roman, Celt, later also Roman, Roman) suffix from Old English wealh (foreigner, slave, Celt).
Origin
Old English
wealh
Gloss
foreigner, slave, Celt
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Walcott English
- Welsh onion English
- Welschland German
- Welschschweiz German
- welsch German
- *wĺ̥kʷos Proto-Indo-European
- *walhaz Proto-Germanic
- *walhiskaz Proto-Germanic
- Wealhþeow Old English
- wealh Old English
- wealhhafoc Old English
- wealhhnutu Old English
- wæcla Old English
- wīelisċ Old English
- wale Middle English
- welische Middle English
- valskr Old Norse
- walsch Middle Dutch
- walahisc Old High German
- walask Old High German
- wälsch (wälisch, wälhisch, welhisch, walsch), welsch Middle High German
- *walh gmw-pro
- *walhisk gmw-pro
- *walsk Old Dutch