Etymology

welch

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Today it means: A person who defaults on an obligation, especially a small one. Full definition →

Middle English Welich ← Old English welisc ← Proto-West Germanic *walhisk
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welch · noun, verb1

Alternative form of welsh, from Welsh.

Welch · proper noun2

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*walhiskaz
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*walhisk
  3. Old English · inherited fromwelisc
  4. Middle English · inherited fromWelich
  5. English todayWelch

Inherited from Middle English Welich, variant of Walsch, from Old English welisc, wīelisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk, from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz.

Words from the same roots

Proto-West Germanic*walhisk all →

WalchWalshe

Proto-Germanic*walhiskaz all →

WatlingWalchWalshe

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.