English
Walloon
Walloon comes from Middle French Wallon, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *walhaz ‘foreigner’.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*walhaz‘foreigner’reconstructed
- Frankishc. 250–700*walhreconstructed
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600Wallon
- Englishearliest quotation 1593Walloon
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*walhaz‘foreigner’reconstructed
- Frankishc. 250–700*walhreconstructed
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600Wallon
- Englishearliest quotation 1593Walloon
Earliest quotation: 1593, ±1, Humfrey Barwick: “when I was young I did seeke to serue,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos ‘wolf’
Today it means
name A Romance language traditionally spoken in parts of southern Belgium and a small strip of northern France (around Givet).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *walhaz / Walloon