Re: CHAT: Vlach (was: Roumania...)
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, April 18, 1999, 18:21 |
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"Raymond A. Brown" wrote:
> But it is not in origin a Slav word but was borrowed from Germanic and is
> cognate with modern German 'welsch' and English 'Welsh' both meaning
> "Roman" whether Latin speaking, as in southern Europe, or Celtic-speaking
> as in the case of Romano-Brits.
Actually, if I'm not mistaken, the English "Welsh" comes from a word
meaning "foreigner" or "slave".
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