Etymograph

English

Walsh

Walsh comes from Middle English Walsch ‘Welsh(man)’, from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk ‘foreign, non-Germanic’, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*walhiskaz‘foreign, non-Germanic’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*walhisk‘foreign, non-Germanic’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150wīelisċas wælisċ‘Celtic, narrow sense: Welsh’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Walsch‘Welsh(man)’
  5. EnglishtodayWalsh

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*walhiskaz‘foreign, non-Germanic’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*walhisk‘foreign, non-Germanic’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150wīelisċas wælisċ‘Celtic, narrow sense: Welsh’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Walsch‘Welsh(man)’
  5. EnglishtodayWalsh

Every English word from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz

Today it means

name An Irish surname from English.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz / Walsh

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