Etymology

Walshe

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Today it means: An Irish surname transferred from the nickname of Anglo-Norman origin, meaning Briton or foreigner. Also a translation of Breathnach, with the same meaning. Full definition →

Middle English Walsch ← 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 fromWalsch
  5. English todayWalshe

Inherited from Middle English Walsch, from Old English wælisc, variant of wīelisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk, from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz; equivalent to wale (“outsider”) + -isch.

Words from the same roots

Middle EnglishWalsch all →

Walsh

Old Englishwælisc all →

wallWalch

Proto-West Germanic*walhisk all →

welchWalch

Proto-Germanic*walhiskaz all →

welchWatlingWalch

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.