Etymograph

English

Wallack

Wallack comes from German Wallach ‘gelding’, from Russian волох ‘a member of one of the Romanic peoples, such…’, and ultimately from Proto-Slavic *volxъ.

  1. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*volxъ‘a Roman, a speaker of a Romance language’reconstructed
  2. Old East Slavicmodernволохъ
  3. Russianmodernволох‘a member of one of the Romanic peoples, such as the Italians or Romanians’
  4. Middle Low Germanc. 1200–1600wallache
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentWallach‘gelding’
  6. EnglishtodayWallack

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*volxъ‘a Roman, a speaker of a Romance language’reconstructed
  2. Old East Slavicmodernволохъ
  3. Russianmodernволох‘a member of one of the Romanic peoples, such as the Italians or Romanians’
  4. Middle Low Germanc. 1200–1600wallache
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentWallach‘gelding’
  6. EnglishtodayWallack

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos ‘wolf’

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

Today it means

name A surname from German.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Slavic *volxъ / Wallack

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