John Cowan wrote:
>Michael Poxon scripsit:
>
> > A bit similar to
> > "Welsh" (wealh) in Anglo-Saxon, meaning 'not one of our lot' - not
> > necessarily Cymric, witness walnut = welsh (Italian) nut.
>
>But not just anybody non-English: they have to be either British (P-Celtic)
>or Italic speaking, pretty much. A Goth or a Norseman or an Irishman was
>not
>a *wealh*, as JRRT points out in "English and Welsh".
What about Franks?
Andreas
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