NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Walha

Walha (ᚹᚨᛚᚺᚨ) is an ancient Germanic word, meaning "foreigner" or "stranger" ("welsh") or "roman". It is attested in the Roman Iron Age Tjurkö Bracteate inscription as walhakurne, probably "welsh crown" for "Roman coin", i.e. "bracteate". The term was used by the ancient germanic peoples to describe the inhabitants of the former Roman Empire, which were largely romanised and spoke Latin or Celtic languages. Today in the German language, Welsche refers to Latin (or Romanic) peoples: the Italians in particular, but also the French and the group in general. Image File history File linksMetadata Tjurko_bracteate_replica. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Tjurko_bracteate_replica. ... brass replica of TjurkÃ¶ 1 (the eye is not reproduced) The TjurkÃ¶ Bracteates are two bracteates found on TjurkÃ¶, Eastern Hundred, Blekinge, Sweden, bearing Elder Futhark inscriptions. ... Roman Bronze figurine, Ã–land, Sweden The Roman Iron Age (1-400) is the name that Swedish archaeologist Oscar Montelius gave to a part of the Iron Age in Scandinavia, Northern Germany and the Netherlands. ... brass replica of TjurkÃ¶ 1 (the eye is not reproduced) The TjurkÃ¶ Bracteates are two bracteates found on TjurkÃ¶, Eastern Hundred, Blekinge, Sweden, bearing Elder Futhark inscriptions. ... A bracteate (from the Latin bractea, a thin piece of metal) is a flat, thin, single-sided gold coin produced in Northern Europe predominantly during the Migration Period of the Germanic Iron Age, but the name is also used for later produced coins of silver produced in Central Europe during... For other uses, see Roman Empire (disambiguation). ... German (called Deutsch in German; in German the term germanisch is equivalent to English Germanic), is a member of the western group of Germanic languages and is one of the worlds major languages. ...

It is possibly^{[citation needed]} derived from the name of the tribe which was known to the Romans as Volcae (in the writings of Julius Caesar) and to the Greeks as Ouólkai (Strabo and Ptolemy). The Volcae in the 2nd century BC were a large and powerful Celtic nation of Gallia Transalpina, comprised of two branches, the Volcae Arecomici and the Volcae Tectosages. ... For other uses, see Julius Caesar (disambiguation). ... The Greek geographer Strabo in a 16th century engraving. ... This article is about the geographer, mathematician and astronomer Ptolemy. ...

In Pennsylvania German, "Welsch" means "strange" as well as "Welsh," and is sometimes compounded with other words to form new words. For example, the words in Pennsylvania German for "turkey" is "Welschhaahne" and "Welschhinkel," which literally mean "strange chicken." "Welschkann" is the word for maize and literally translates to "strange grain." The verb "welsche" means "to jabber." The Pennsylvania Dutch (more correctly Pennsylvania Deutsch or Pennsylvania German, speakers of the Pennsylvania German language) are a people of various religious affiliations, living mostly in central Pennsylvania, with cultural traditions dating back to the German immigrations to America in the 17th and 18th centuries. ... The Pennsylvania Dutch (more correctly Pennsylvania Deutsch or Pennsylvania German, speakers of the Pennsylvania German language) are a people of various religious affiliations, living mostly in central Pennsylvania, with cultural traditions dating back to the German immigrations to America in the 17th and 18th centuries. ... This article is about the maize plant. ...

Several names of non-Germanic European regions are derived from the word Walh: For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ...

Walachia (see also Vlach and Etymology of Vlach)
Wales, Welsh
Cornwall
in village names ending in -walchen, such as Straßwalchen or Seewalchen, mostly located in the Salzkammergut region and indicating Roman settlement
In German Welsch or Walsch, outdated for "Romanic", and still in use in Swiss German for Romands.
in numerous placenames (but also Walnuss (Walnut)), for instance Walensee and Walenstadt, as well as Welschbern and Walschtirol (now almost always Verona and Trentino), and especially Walachen/Walachei (Wallachians/Wallachia).
the Belgian region of Wallonia.
'Włochy', Polish name of Italy
In Hungarian, "Oláh", referring to Romanians; "Olasz", referring to Italians, "Vlachok" referring to Vlachs, generally.
Stari Vlah ("the Old Vlach") region around the city of Užice, and the name Starovlahs for the medieval local Celto-Slavic population (see also History of the term Vlach)
There is a street in Regensburg named Wallengasse, once inhabited by Italian merchants.
In English usage the words Gaul and Gaulish are used synonymously with Latin Gallia, Gallus and Gallicus. However the similarity of the names is probably accidental: the English words are borrowed from French Gaule and Gaulois, which appear to have been borrowed themselves from walha-. Germanic w is regularly rendered with French gu / g (cf. guerre = war, garder = ward), and the diphthong au is the regular outcome of al before a following consonant (cf. cheval ~ chevaux). Gaule or Gaulle can hardly be derived from Latin Gallia, since g would become j before a (cf. gamba > jambe), and the diphthong au would be incomprehensible; the regular outcome of Latin Gallia would have been *Jaille in French.^[1]^[2]

Map of Romania with Wallachia in yellow. ... Vlachs (also called Wlachs, Wallachs, Olahs) are the Romanized population in Central and Eastern Europe, including Romanians, Aromanians, Istro-Romanians and Megleno-Romanians, but since the creation of the Romanian state, this term was mostly used for the Vlachs living south of the Danube river. ... Vlach is a Slavic term used to designate the Latin peoples of South-Eastern Europe: Romanians, Aromanians, Megleno-Romanians and Istro-Romanians. ... This article is about the country. ... For other uses, see Cornwall (disambiguation). ... The Salzkammergut is a resort area east of Salzburg, Austria, spanning the federal states of Upper Austria, Salzburg, and Styria. ... Romance languages in the World Blue-French; Green-Spanish; Orange-Portuguese; Yellow-Italian; Red-Romanian The Romance languages, a major branch of the Indo-European language family, comprise all languages that descended from Latin, the language of the Roman Empire. ... Swiss German (Schweizerdeutsch, SchwyzerdÃ¼tsch, SchwiizertÃ¼Ã¼tsch, Schwizertitsch) is any of the Alemannic dialects spoken in Switzerland. ... The French-speaking part of Switzerland is shown in green on this map. ... For other uses, see Walnut (disambiguation). ... Lake Walen Lake Walen (or Lake Walenstadt, in German Walensee) is a lake at the border between Canton of St. ... Walenstadt Walenstadt is a Swiss commune in St. ... This article is about the city in Italy. ... Verona is a city and provincial capital in Veneto, Northern Italy. ... Trentino-Alto Adige or Trentino-South Tyrol (in German: Trentino-Südtirol, in Italian: Trentino-Alto Adige) is an autonomous region in northern Italy. ... Wallonia (French: Wallonie, German: Wallonien, Walloon: Walonreye, Dutch: WalloniÃ«) or the Walloon Region (French: RÃ©gion Wallonne, Dutch: Waals Gewest) is the predominantly French-speaking region that constitutes one of the three federal regions of Belgium, with its capital at Namur. ... Stari Vlah (Serbian: Ð¡Ñ‚Ð°Ñ€Ð¸ Ð’Ð»Ð°Ñ…/Stari Vlah, English: Old Vlach) is a historic and geographical region in Southwestern Serbia. ... UÅ¾ice (Serbian Cyrillic: Ð£Ð¶Ð¸Ñ†Ðµ) is a town located in Serbia and Montenegro at 43. ... Celts, normally pronounced // (see article on pronunciation), refers primarily to the members of any of a number of peoples in Europe using the Celtic languages, a branch of Indo-European languages, or descended from those who did. ... Distribution of Slavic people by language The Slavic peoples are a linguistic and ethnic branch of Indo-European peoples, living mainly in Europe, where they constitute roughly a third of the population. ... Vlach is a Slavic-derived term from the Germanic word Valah/Valach used to designate the Romance speaking peoples of South-Eastern Europe: Romanians, Aromanians, Megleno-Romanians and Istro-Romanians. ... Regensburg (also Ratisbon, Latin Ratisbona) is a city (population 151. ... Gaul (Latin: ) was the name given,in ancient times, to the region of Western Europe comprising present-day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine river. ...

References

^ Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology (OUP 1966), p. 391.
^ Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique et historique (Larousse 1990), p. 336.

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