English Explanatory Dictionary

Walshe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An Irish surname transferred from the nickname of Anglo-Norman origin, meaning Briton or foreigner. Also a translation of Breathnach, with the same meaning.

Word forms

Walshe Walshes Walsh Welsh

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Walsch, from Old English wælisc, variant of wīelisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk, from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz; equivalent to wale (“outsider”) + -isch.

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