welsch
German (Berlin)
/vɛlʃ/
adjective
Definitions
- (Switzerland) pertaining to the Romance-speaking areas and population of Switzerland
- (dated) pertaining to the Romance languages and their speakers in general, particularly French and Italians
- (archaic) foreign, not native
- (archaic) of non-Germanic words in German;
- (archaic) pertaining to Wales or the language Welsh
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German wälsch (wälisch, wälhisch, welhisch, walsch), welsch inherited from Old High German walahisc (Roman) inherited from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz (foreign, non-Germanic, later Roman, Celt, later also Roman, Roman) derived from Middle English welische derived from English Welsh (Wales).
Origin
English
Welsh
Gloss
Wales
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Welsh English
- Welsh cake English
- Welsh onion English
- Welsher English
- Welshery English
- Welshified English
- Welshism English
- Welshland English
- Welshman English
- Welshness English
- Welshpool English
- Welshwoman English
- welshite English
- welshnut English
- Land German
- Schweiz German
- Welschland German
- Welschschweiz German
- Waals Dutch, Flemish
- Welsh Dutch, Flemish
- vanderwaalskracht Dutch, Flemish
- *wĺ̥kʷos Proto-Indo-European
- *walhiskaz Proto-Germanic
- wealh Old English
- wielisc Old English
- wæcla Old English
- wīelisċ Old English
- Walsch Middle English
- welische Middle English
- valskr Old Norse
- walsch Middle Dutch
- walahisc Old High German
- walask Old High German
- welisc Middle High German
- wälsch (wälisch, wälhisch, welhisch, walsch), welsch Middle High German
- *walhisk gmw-pro
- *walsk Old Dutch
- Bèllostant Cimbrian
- belesch Cimbrian
- belisch Cimbrian
- bèllasar Cimbrian
- bèllos Cimbrian
- wälsch Alemannic German
- balsch Mòcheno