[gothic-l] Re: gothic traces in the east?

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>From Sweden a "me too":

There is a Swedish adjective "välsk" meaning the same thing,
having the same etymology.

Seigmundr

Fritscher wrote:
> 
> There is a connection between the Slavic 'Vlach' and the English
> 'Welch'.
> It is related to the Germanic word for foreign or foreigner.
> 
> For example:
> 
> 'Wealh' is the Old English word meaning foreigner.
> 
> The Slavs probably referred to the Romanians as 'foreigners' since they
> spoke a non-Slavic language.
> 
> -Carl
> 
> On Fri, 26 Jan 2001 keth at online.no wrote:
> 
> > Francisc Czobor wrote:
> >
> > >There are no "Romano-Vlach-Albanian semi-nomads". "Vlach" is an old,
> > >mediaeval Slavic name for Romanians - both North-Danubian Romanians
> > >(Daco-Romanians) and South-Danubian Romanians (Macedo-Romanians,
> > >Megleno-Romanians, Istro-Romanians and the extinct Maurovlachoi).
> > >The Slavs used this name initially for Romans generally, later it was
> > >restricted to the Romance speaking neighbors of the Slavs - Romanians
> > >or Italians. The Albanians are different from the Romanians (Vlachs),
> > >although their languages share a common Thracian substratum.
> > >
> >
> > I am totally unfamiliar with these languages.
> > But it occurred to me that the word VLACH is similar in some ways
> > to the German word "Welsch". Could there be a connection?
> > (like in Kauder-Welsch = incomprehensible gibberish)
> > Also, in Switzerland there is Kanton Wallis.
> >
> > Hope you can elucidate some of this.
> >
> > Best regards
> > Keth
> >
> >
> >
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