Etymograph

English

Welshmans Reef

From Welshman + -s + reef, likely originating from a Welshman discovering a gold-bearing reef in the area, which fits the pattern of significant Welsh and Methodist settlement in the area.

Formed from Welshman + -s + reef

Middle English Walishman

English Welshman

Proto-Indo-European *h₁rebʰ- ‘arch, ceiling, cover’

Proto-Germanic *ribją ‘rib, reef’

Old Norse rif ‘rib, reef’

Middle English rif

English reef

Today it means

name A locality in the Shire of Mount Alexander, central Victoria, Australia.

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

Etymograph / Welshmans Reef