Etymology

Walloon

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Today it means: A native or inhabitant of Wallonia. Full definition →

Middle French Wallon ← Frankish *walh ← Proto-Germanic *walhaz
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*walhaz“foreigner”
  2. Frankish · derived from*walh
  3. Middle French · borrowed fromWallon
  4. English todayWalloon

Borrowed from Middle French Wallon / wallon, from Frankish *walh, from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner”). Cognate to English Welsh/Wales, the second part of Cornwall, and first part of walnut, as well as Gaul and Wallachia.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*walhaz all →

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