FromMiddle High Germanwelisc, fromOld High Germanwalask, fromProto-Germanic*walhiskaz(“foreign; non-Germanic”). Cognate withMòchenobalsch(“Italian”),Germanwelsch(“concerning Romance-speaking areas of Switzerland”),Yiddishוועליש(velish,“Vellish(typeface for printed Hebrew)”),DutchWaals(“Walloon”),EnglishWelsh,Frenchgaulois(“Gaulish”),Old Norsevalskr(“Celtic; Roman”), alsoEnglishWallachia(“principality in southern Romania”),LatinVolcae(“a Gallic tribal confederation”).
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