English
Walch
Walch comes from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk ‘foreign, non-Germanic’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *walhaz ‘a Celt, a Celtic-speaker’.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*walhaz‘a Celt, a Celtic-speaker’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*walhiskaz‘foreign, non-Germanic’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*walhisk‘foreign, non-Germanic’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150wælisc
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Walch
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*walhaz‘a Celt, a Celtic-speaker’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*walhiskaz‘foreign, non-Germanic’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*walhisk‘foreign, non-Germanic’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150wælisc
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Walch
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos ‘wolf’
Today it means
name A surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *walhaz / Walch