page_title: Walhaz
hierarchical_section_title: Walhaz
caption_attribution_description: brass replica of the Tjurkö 1 bracteate (DR BR75, Statens Historiska Museum #1453)&#160;:: heldaz kunimudiu&#160;: wurte runoz an walhakurne &#160;:"Helda, for Kunimundi, wrought the runes on the Roman coin" the original bracteate is of gold, with a diameter of 27 mm. the facsimile was obviously made after this drawing, exaggerating the gap before the o of runoz and showing a short-twig Younger Futhark a in an, judging from the image linked above, both without basis in the original. here[1] is another image of the original.
context_page_description: *Walhaz is a reconstructed Proto-Germanic word meaning "Roman", "Romance-speaker", or "Celtic-speaker". The term was used by the ancient Germanic peoples to describe inhabitants of the former Western Roman Empire, who were largely romanised and spoke Latin or Celtic languages. The adjectival form is attested in Old Norse valskr, meaning "French"; Old High German walhisk, meaning "Romance"; New High German welsch, used in Switzerland and South Tyrol for Romance speakers; Dutch Waals "Walloon"; Old English welisċ, wælisċ, wilisċ, meaning "Romano-British". The forms of these words imply that they are descended from a Proto-Germanic form *walhiska-.
  It is attested in the Roman Iron Age from an inscription on one of the Tjurkö bracteates, where walhakurne "Roman/Gallic grain" is apparently a kenning for "gold".
context_section_description: *Walhaz is a reconstructed Proto-Germanic word meaning "Roman", "Romance-speaker", or "Celtic-speaker".  The term was used by the ancient Germanic peoples to describe inhabitants of the former Western Roman Empire, who were largely romanised and spoke Latin or Celtic languages (cf. Valland in Old Norse). The adjectival form is attested in Old Norse valskr, meaning "French"; Old High German walhisk, meaning "Romance"; New High German welsch, used in Switzerland and South Tyrol for Romance speakers; Dutch Waals "Walloon"; Old English welisċ, wælisċ, wilisċ, meaning "Romano-British". The forms of these words imply that they are descended from a Proto-Germanic form *walhiska-.
  It is attested in the Roman Iron Age from an inscription on one of the Tjurkö bracteates, where walhakurne "Roman/Gallic grain" is apparently a kenning for "gold" (referring to the bracteate itself).
caption: Brass replica of the Tjurkö bracteate showing the word walhakurne ("Roman grain", i.e. gold coin)
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