Chronology of the breakup of Common Romance [long]

[Rick Mc Callister]

>The original meaning of 'walh' has of course disappeared from Czech and
>Polish (as it has for example from Swedish) with national names taking its
>place, so that the Balkan form referring to "Vlachs" is all that remains.

[snip]

	There's Polish wLochy "Italian", also [I've been told] "hairy"
which definitely looks related to the term

Rick Mc Callister
W-1634
Mississippi University for Women
Columbus MS 39701