Where does “Ուելս” come from?
Ուելս (Armenian) comes from Russian Уэ́льс, from English Wales, from Middle English Wales, from Old English Wēalas, from Old English wealh, from Old English īeġ, from Proto-West Germanic auwju, from Proto-Germanic awjō — water.
Ancestry of “Ուելս”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | Уэ́льс | — |
| 2 | English | Wales | — |
| 3 | Middle English | Wales | — |
| 4 | Old English | Wēalas | — |
| 5 | Old English | wealh | foreigner; Briton or Welshman; slave |
| 6 | Old English | īeġ | island |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | auwju | floodplain; meadow; island |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | awjō | floodplain; meadow; island |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | agwjō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ékʷeh₂ | water |
Words derived from “Ուելս”