# Welsh
## English
### Alternative forms

* Welch (archaic)

### Etymology

From Middle English Walsch, Welische, from Old English wīelisċ (“Briton; Roman; Celt”), from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk, from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz (“Celt; later Roman”), from *walhaz (“Celt, Roman”) (compare Old English 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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wɛlʃ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛlʃ

### Adjective

Welsh (not comparable)
* Of or pertaining to Wales. [from 11thc.]
    Synonym: Walian (uncommon)
    Hyponyms: North Walian, South Walian
* Of or pertaining to the Celtic language of Wales. [from 16thc.]
* Designating plants or animals from or associated with Wales. [from 17thc.]
* (now historical) Indigenously British; pertaining to the Celtic peoples who inhabited much of Britain before the Roman occupation. [from 5thc.]
** 1985, Michael Wood, In Search of the Trojan War:The Tudors, it was argued, were of Welsh or ancient British descent.

#### Synonyms

* Cambrian, Cymric, Walian, Welshy, Welshie

#### Derived terms

* Middle Welsh
* Old Welsh
* Welsh ale
* Welsh Bicknor
* Welsh Black
* Welsh cake
* Welsh cat
* Welsh chimney
* Welsh cob
* Welsh comb
* Welsh corgi
* Welsh dresser
* Welsher
* Welsh Hook
* Welsh hook
* Welsh lump
* Welshman
* Welsh Marches
* Welsh mountain pony
* Welsh nephew
* Welshness
* Welsh Not
* Welsh onion
* Welsh pony
* Welshpool
* Welsh rabbit
* Welsh rarebit
* Welsh terrier
* Welsh web
* Welshwoman
* Welsh yard

#### Translations

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### Noun

Welsh (countable and uncountable, plural Welsh)
* (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.
* (collectively, in the plural) The people of Wales. [from 11th c.]
* A breed of pig, kept mainly for bacon.

#### Synonyms

* (language): (rare) Cymraeg, (rare) Cymric/Kymric
* (people): See Welshman

#### Derived terms

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

#### Translations

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### Proper noun

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

#### Statistics

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

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Welsh terms

### Further reading

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

## Dutch
### Alternative forms

* Wels (uncommon)
* Welsch (obsolete)

### Etymology

From English Welsh.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋɛlʃ/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Welsh

### Proper noun

Welsh n (uncountable)
* Welsh (language)
    Synonym: Kymrisch

#### Derived terms

* Middelwelsh
* Oudwelsh

### Noun

Welsh pl (plural only)
* the Welsh (people of Wales)
** 2022, NOS, Oranje verslaat Wales in extra tijd, met nieuw basiselftal en twee debutanten:Want vlak voor het verstrijken van de reguliere speeltijd roken de Welsh, toen Oranje met de gedachten al in de kleedkamer zat, dat er nog wel een gelijkspel in zat.Because just before the end of regular playing time, the Welsh smelled, when Orange was already in the locker room with their thoughts, that a draw was still possible.

### Adjective

Welsh (comparative Welsher, superlative Welsht)
* Welsh

#### Derived terms

* Welsh pony
* Welsh terrier
* Welshe
* Welshman

### Further reading

* “Welsh” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
* Welsh on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{nl}$