welsch

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (Switzerland, not-comparable, relational) of the Romance-speaking areas and population of Switzerland
2. (dated, derogatory, not-comparable, relational, sometimes) Romance (of the Romance languages and their speakers in general, particularly French and Italians)
3. (archaic, not-comparable) foreign, not native
4. (archaic, derogatory, not-comparable) of non-Germanic words in German; so used by purists of the 19th and early 20th century
5. (not-comparable, obsolete, relational) of Wales; Welsh (of the country of Wales or the Welsh language)

Sinonieme

ausländisch

fremd

fremdländisch

keltisch

romanisch

nicht von hier

fremdstaatlich

mit Migrationshintergrund

landfremd

Vertalings

romand

🇫🇷/🇲🇫/🇬🇵/🇲🇶/🇵🇲/🇷🇪/🇹🇫/🇾🇹

Romance-speaking

velche

welche

welsch

straniero

svizzero francese

svizzero romando

extranjero

meridional

sureño

romànic

de la Suiza francófona

Dialekte

Kanton Basel-Land

wältsch

Data verskaf deur: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/vɛlʃ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle High German: welsch, wälsch (wälisch, welhisch, wälhisch, walsch)

Geërf van Old High German: walahisc

Verwante met Nederlands: Waals

Verwante met Engels: Welsh

Verwante met Deens: vælsk

In summary

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.