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WelshEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
From Middle English Walsch, Welische, from Anglian Old English wǣlisċ (“Briton; Roman; Celt”), from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk, from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz (“Celt; later Roman”) (thus cognate with German welsch, Dutch Waals, Danish vælsk, Old Norse valskr), from *walhaz (“Celt, Roman”) (compare Old English wealh), from the name of the Gaulish tribe, the Volcae (recorded only in Latin contexts). This word was borrowed from Germanic into Slavic (compare Old Church Slavonic Влахъ (Vlaxŭ, “Vlachs, Romanians”), Medieval Greek Βλάχος (Blákhos)). Doublet of Vellish. Compare Walloon, walnut, Vlach, Walach, Gaul, Cornwall.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗welshEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Sometimes held to derive from disparaging stereotypes about the Welsh, though firm evidence of this derivation is lacking. Compare gyp (“swindle”), probably from Gypsy, and jew (“defraud”), from Jew.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗welshEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Inherited from Old English welise (“foreign”).
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Chambers (1908)
1908- WelshEnglish · e-38700-9239
Welsh, welsh, adj. pertaining to Wales or its inhabitants.—n.pl. the inhabitants of Wales:—sing. their language.—ns. Welsh′-harp, a large instrument, furnished with three rows of strings, two tuned in unison and in the d
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Welsh, welsh, v.t. and v.i. to run off from a race-course without settling or paying one's bets—also Welch.—ns. Welsh′er, Welch′er. [Perh. in allusion to the alleged bad faith of Welshmen.]
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