Etymology

wealh

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Today it means: In Anglo-Saxon England, a speaker of a Brythonic language, especially Welsh. Full definition →

Old English wealh
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  1. Old English · learned borrowing fromwealh
  2. Old English · learned borrowing fromwealh
  3. English todaywealh

Learned borrowing from Old English wealh. Doublet of Wales (inherited, from the plural); compare also Welsh.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishwealh all →

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