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Where does “ᚹᚨᛚᚺᚨ” come from?

ᚹᚨᛚᚺᚨ (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic *walh, from Proto-Germanic walhaz, from Latin Volcae, from Proto-Celtic wolkos, from Proto-Indo-European welg- — wet, damp.

ᚹᚨᛚᚺᚨ (Old High German): foreigner, stranger, speaker of Celtic or Latin

Definitions

  1. foreigner, stranger, speaker of Celtic or Latin

Ancestry of “ᚹᚨᛚᚺᚨ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*walh—
2Proto-Germanicwalhazforeigner, non-Germanic person
3LatinVolcaea Gallic tribal confederation; name of a Celtic...
4Proto-Celticwolkoshawk
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwelg-wet, damp

Words derived from “ᚹᚨᛚᚺᚨ”

  • walon
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