Etymology

Walch

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Middle English Walch ← Old English wælisc ← Proto-West Germanic *walhisk
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*walhiskaz
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*walhisk
  3. Old English · inherited fromwælisc
  4. Middle English · inherited fromWalch
  5. English todayWalch

Inherited from Middle English Walch, Walich, variant of Walsch, from Old English wælisc, wīelisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk, from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishwælisc all →

wallWalshe

Proto-West Germanic*walhisk all →

welchWalshe

Proto-Germanic*walhiskaz all →

welchWatlingWalshe

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.