wilisc
Old English
Alternative forms
- wælisċ, welisċ
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz (“foreign, non-Germanic”), corresponding to wealh + -isc. Cognate with German welsch, Dutch waalsch (“Walloon”), Swedish välsk, Danish vælsk (“from a Romance-speaking country”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwi.liʃ/
Adjective
wilisċ
Conjugation
| Weak | Strong | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| case | singular | plural | case | singular | plural | ||||||||
| m | n | f | m | n | f | m | n | f | |||||
| nominative | wil(i)sċa | wil(i)sċe | wil(i)sċe | wil(i)sċan | nom. | wilisċ | wil(i)sċe | wilisċ | wil(i)sċa, -e | ||||
| accusative | wil(i)sċan | wil(i)sċe | wil(i)sċan | acc. | wilisċne | wilisċ | wil(i)sċe | wil(i)sċe | wilisċ | wil(i)sċa, -e | |||
| genitive | wil(i)sċan | wilisċra, wil(i)sċena | gen. | wil(i)sċes | wil(i)sċes | wilisċre | wilisċra | ||||||
| dative | wil(i)sċan | wil(i)sċum | dat. | wil(i)sċum | wil(i)sċum | wilisċre | wil(i)sċum | ||||||
| instrumental | wil(i)sċe | ||||||||||||
Descendants
- Middle English: Wellische
- English: Welsh
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