Etymograph

English

Wale

Wale comes from Old English wealh ‘Welshman’, from Proto-West Germanic *walh ‘foreigner, non-Germanic person’, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *walhaz ‘a Celt, a Celtic-speaker’.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*walhaz‘a Celt, a Celtic-speaker’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*walh‘foreigner, non-Germanic person’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150wealh‘Welshman’
  4. EnglishtodayWale

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*walhaz‘a Celt, a Celtic-speaker’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*walh‘foreigner, non-Germanic person’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150wealh‘Welshman’
  4. EnglishtodayWale

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos ‘wolf’

wolf, lupus, lupin, lobo, loafer, 11 more

Today it means

name A surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *walhaz / Wale

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