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welsch.

of the Romance-speaking areas and population of Switzerland

6 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

adj/vɛlʃ/[vɛlʃ][vɛlt͡ʃ][ʋ-]
  1. of the Romance-speaking areas and population of Switzerland

    Switzerland · not-comparable · relational
  2. Romance (of the Romance languages and their speakers in general, particularly French and Italians)

    dated · derogatory · not-comparable · relational · sometimes
  3. foreign, not native

    archaic · not-comparable
    Welschkorn
    welsche Wörter
  4. of Wales; Welsh (of the country of Wales or the Welsh language)

    not-comparable · obsolete · relational
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German welsch, wälsch (wälisch, welhisch, wälhisch, walsch), from Old High German walahisc, walahisk, walask, from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk. Cognate to Dutch Waals, English Welsh, Danish vælsk. In the sense “pertaining to Wales or the Welsh language” influenced by Middle English welische, English Welsh.

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