waugh · adjective1
- Old English · inherited fromwealg
- Middle English · inherited fromwalh
- English todaywaugh
From Middle English walh, from Old English wealg. More at wallow (“tasteless, flat”).
Waugh · proper noun2
- Old English · derived fromwalh“foreign”
- English todayWaugh
Probably from Old English walh (“foreign”), perhaps applied originally to the Welsh-speaking Britons who survived in Scotland well into the Middle Ages.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishwealg all →
wallow
Old Englishwalh all →
Walden
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.