welsch
Meaning
- (Switzerland, not-comparable, relational) of the Romance-speaking areas and population of Switzerland
- (dated, derogatory, not-comparable, relational, sometimes) Romance (of the Romance languages and their speakers in general, particularly French and Italians)
- (archaic, not-comparable) foreign, not native
- (archaic, derogatory, not-comparable) of non-Germanic words in German; so used by purists of the 19th and early 20th century
- (not-comparable, obsolete, relational) of Wales; Welsh (of the country of Wales or the Welsh language)
Concepts
Romance-speaking
Synonyms
nicht von hier
fremdstaatlich
mit Migrationshintergrund
landfremd
Translations
velche welche welsch
svizzero francese svizzero romando
romànic
de la Suiza francófona
Pronounced as (IPA)
/vɛlʃ/
Etymology
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.
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