wale
Middle English
/waːl/, /ˈwaːl(ə)/, /waːl/
noun
Definitions
- (rare) An outsider; a guest; one from an unfamiliar land.
- (rare) A thrall; a hireling.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English wealh (foreigner, slave, Celt) inherited from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (foreigner, Celt, non-Germanic foreigner, later Roman, Roman, stranger, an outlander, outlander, Romance).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*walhaz
Gloss
foreigner, Celt, non-Germanic foreigner, later Roman, Roman, stranger, an outlander, outlander, Romance
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Walcott English
- Wales English
- Welsh English
- wallwort English
- Volcae Latin
- *walhaz Proto-Germanic
- Wealas Old English
- Wealhþeow Old English
- Wēalas Old English
- Wēalas, Wealas Old English
- wealh Old English
- wealhhafoc Old English
- wealhhnutu Old English
- wealhmore Old English
- wealhwyrt Old English
- wielisc Old English
- wælisc Old English
- wīelisċ Old English
- Wales Middle English
- Walsch Middle English
- more Middle English
- note Middle English
- walen Middle English
- wall Middle English
- walmore Middle English
- walnot Middle English
- walwort Middle English
- wort Middle English
- *volxъ Proto-Slavic
- Gaule Old French
- ᚹᚨᛚᚺᚨ Old High German
- Eflak Turkish
- *walh gmw-pro
- *Walha(land), *Walhaland Frankish
- *walh Frankish