Welsh (surname): Difference between revisions
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A related colloquialism is the verb [[wiktionary:welsh|''to welsh'']]/[[wiktionary:welch|''welch'']] ('to renege') as in 'to welsh/welch on a deal or bet', which is derived from an age-old 'English' stereotype of the Welsh/Celtic peoples as unreliable or oath-breakers.<ref>Dictionary.com Definition. [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/welsh]</ref> This is however a somewhat pejorative term. |
A related colloquialism is the verb [[wiktionary:welsh|''to welsh'']]/[[wiktionary:welch|''welch'']] ('to renege') as in 'to welsh/welch on a deal or bet', which is derived from an age-old 'English' stereotype of the Welsh/Celtic peoples as unreliable or oath-breakers.<ref>Dictionary.com Definition. [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/welsh]</ref> This is however a somewhat pejorative term. |
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==People== |
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{{Infobox family name |
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| name =Welsh |
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| meaning =Foreigner, Stranger, Romano-Briton (Celt). |
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| region = [[British Isles]] |
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| origin = [[Anglo-Saxon]] |
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| related names = Walsh, Walshe, [[Welch]] |
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* [[Chris Welsh]], former baseball pitcher and current announcer the [[Cincinnati Reds]] |
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* [[David Welsh]], (Scots religious leader) |
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* [[Freddie Welsh]], Welsh World Lightweight boxing champion |
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* [[George Welsh (American football)|George Welsh]], a college football coach |
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* [[Harry Welsh]], a US paratrooper in World War II |
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* [[Irvine Welsh]], a Scottish author |
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* [[John Welsh (footballer)]], a player for Hull City, England |
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* [[Kyle Welsh]], a computer games programmer from Edinburgh. |
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* [[Matt Welsh]], an Australian swimmer |
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* [[Matthew E. Welsh]], a US politician and governor of Indiana |
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* [[Peter Welsh (athlete)|Peter Welsh]], a New Zealand steeplechase runner |
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* [[Paul Welsh]], founder of The Short Lawn Appreciation Society |
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Revision as of 14:47, 1 March 2011
Welsh is a surname from the Anglo-Saxon language given to the Celtic Britons.
Etymology
It appears that the etymology of the name Welsh is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word wilisc meaning 'foreigner', 'stranger', or 'non-Anglo-Saxon'. These terms were used by the ancient Germanic peoples to describe inhabitants of the former Roman Empire, who were largely romanised and spoke Latin or Celtic languages. The Old High German walh became walch in Middle High German and the adjectival walhisk became MHG welsch. In present day German, Welsche refers to Latin (or Romance) peoples, the Italians in particular, but also the French and the Romanic neighbours of the German speaking lands in general.
In the case of the British Isles, the Anglo-Saxon variant wilisc of the Proto-Germanic root was applied to the native British peoples encountered by the Saxon invaders and settlers during the 5th and 6th centuries AD. Over the succeeding centuries the term wilisc evolved through Middle English into welsh, becoming an epithet at once more specifically for the Welsh people and more generally for numerous types of metaphorical and real 'outsider' in medieval community life. This last point opens up a wide vista of possibilities for the genealogy and origin of the surname 'Welsh' in individual cases, thus bringing into question the assumption that an ancestral 'Welsh' was necessarily Celtic or a 'Welshman'.
A related colloquialism is the verb to welsh/welch ('to renege') as in 'to welsh/welch on a deal or bet', which is derived from an age-old 'English' stereotype of the Welsh/Celtic peoples as unreliable or oath-breakers.[1] This is however a somewhat pejorative term.
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See also
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