English
Walen
Walen comes from Dutch Waal ‘a Walloon person, a person from Wallonia’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *walhaz ‘foreigner’.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*walhaz‘foreigner’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*walh‘foreigner, non-Germanic person’reconstructed
- Old Dutchc. 500–1150*Walareconstructed
- Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500Wale
- Dutchc. 1500–presentWaalas Walen‘a Walloon person, a person from Wallonia’
- EnglishtodayWalen
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*walhaz‘foreigner’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*walh‘foreigner, non-Germanic person’reconstructed
- Old Dutchc. 500–1150*Walareconstructed
- Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500Wale
- Dutchc. 1500–presentWaalas Walen‘a Walloon person, a person from Wallonia’
- EnglishtodayWalen
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos ‘wolf’
Today it means
name A surname from Dutch.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *walhaz / Walen