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• Welch (archaic)

語源

From 中期英語 Walsch, Welische, from Anglian 古期英語 wǣlisċ (“Briton; Roman; Celt”), from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk, from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz (“Celt; later Roman”), from *walhaz (“Celt, Roman”) (compare 古期英語 wealh), from the name of the Gaulish tribe, the Volcae (recorded only in Latin contexts).

This word was borrowed from Germanic into Slavic (compare Old Church Slavonic Влахъ (Vlaxŭ, “Vlachs, Romanians”), Byzantine Greek Βλάχος (Blákhos)).

Doublet of Vellish. Compare Walloon, walnut, Vlach, Walach, Gaul, Cornwall.

発音

• (Wales, Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA: /ˈwɛlʃ/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA: /ˈwelʃ/
• 韻: -ɛlʃ
• ハイフネーション: Welsh

形容詞

Welsh (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Wales. [from 11c.]

   Synonym: Walian (uncommon)

   Hyponyms: North Walian, South Walian

2. Of or pertaining to the Celtic language of Wales. [from 16c.]
3. Designating plants or animals from or associated with Wales. [from 17c.]
4. (now historical) Indigenously British; pertaining to the Celtic peoples who inhabited much of Britain before the Roman occupation. [from 5c.]
   • 1985, Michael Wood, In Search of the Trojan War:

     The Tudors, it was argued, were of Welsh or ancient British descent.

同意語

• Cambrian, Cymric, Walian, Welshy, Welshie

派生語

名詞

Welsh (countable and uncountable, plural Welsh)

1. (collectively, in the plural) The people of Wales. [from 11th c.]
2. A breed of pig, kept mainly for bacon.

同意語

• (people): See Welshman

派生語

• (person or people): Welshland, Welshman; welch (derogatory), welcher (derogatory)
• (language): Old Welsh, Middle Welsh

固有名詞

Welsh (countable and uncountable, plural Welshes)

1. (uncountable) The Welsh language. [from 10th c.]
   • 1832, Queen Victoria, journal, 6 Aug 1832:

     9 minutes to 2. We just stopped to have our horses' mouths washed, and there all people spoke welsh.

2. An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname for someone who was a Welshman or a Celt.
3. An Irish surname, a variant of Walsh.
4. A town in Louisiana, United States, named for early landowner Henry Welsh.
5. An unincorporated community in Ohio, United States, named for an early settler.

同意語

• (language): (rare) Cymraeg, (rare) Cymric/Kymric

統計情報

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Welsh is the 1166 most common surname in the United States, belonging to 30,153 individuals. Welsh is most common among White (91.01%) individuals.

参考

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Welsh terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code cy, ISO 639-3 code cym (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Welsh, cym ⁠