Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗One of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom, formerly a principality. · The area in which the Welsh language and culture predominated, roughly coincident with the modern country. · A surname. · A hamlet in Queen Camel parish, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6824).
Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *wolkos? Proto-Celtic *Wolkosbor.? Proto-Germanic *wólkos Proto-Germanic *walhaz Proto-West Germanic *walh Old English wealh Old English Wēalas Middle English Wales English Wales From Middle English Wales, from Old English Wēalas, plural of wealh (“Celt, Welsh person”), from Proto-West Germanic *walh, from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“Celt, Roman”). Compare the second element in Cornwall, and also Gaul.
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