The story
- Old English · derived fromwealh“Celt; Welsh”
- English todayWallasey
From Old English wealh (“Celt; Welsh”) + -s- + īeġ (“island”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishwealh all →
WalcottWalworthWoffordwaleWallingtonWalfordWalmerWalsworthWalsdenwealh
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.