Re: Codename "de" (was Re: Country names in national languages)

>From: "P. M. Arktayg" <pmva@...>
>Polish _W³ochy_, from an old (non-Slavonic) name applied to non-Slavic,
>non-Germanic peoples/tribes; cf. _Walia_ 'Wales', _Wol/oszczyzna_
>'Vallachia'.
From Germanic, most probably. _Welsh_ originally meant "foreign"; there's
also an old Swedish adjective _välsk_ of similar meaning, especially of
Romance peoples and things. IIRC, _Vallonia_ (the French-speaking bit of
Belgium) also belongs here.

                                              Andreas

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