WELSH
What does "WELSH" mean?
To fail to honor a debt or promise; capitalized, of or relating to Wales.
Meanings
- To avoid paying a debt or keeping a promise, especially after a bet. Don't welsh on me now - you said you'd cover the tab. informal
- Of or relating to Wales, its people, or its language (capitalized as Welsh). Welsh and English share the road signs across the whole country.
- The Celtic language of Wales (capitalized). She learned Welsh from her grandmother in the valleys.
Did you know?
- 'Welsh' comes from the Old English word 'Wealh', meaning 'foreigner' - so the native Britons ended up named 'the strangers' by the Anglo-Saxon newcomers who actually arrived after them.
Word origin
The 'renege' verb is of disputed mid-19th-century origin and is widely considered an ethnic slur on the Welsh; the place-name 'Welsh' comes from Old English 'Wealh', a Germanic word for foreigners or Celts.
Remember it
WELSH = WEALH, the old word for 'foreigner' - the place-name still carries the outsider's tag.
A little poem
They were here first, beneath the rain,
then named by latecomers as 'the strange' -
the oldest tongue, called foreign by the plain.
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What it teaches
History writes its labels backward: the original can be made to wear the name 'outsider.'
Quick facts
What does WELSH mean?
To fail to honor a debt or promise; capitalized, of or relating to Wales.
Is WELSH a valid word?
Yes — WELSH is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is WELSH?
WELSH has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does WELSH come from?
The 'renege' verb is of disputed mid-19th-century origin and is widely considered an ethnic slur on the Welsh; the place-name 'Welsh' comes from Old English 'Wealh', a Germanic word for foreigners or Celts.
What can WELSH teach us?
History writes its labels backward: the original can be made to wear the name 'outsider.'
How players do
Be the first to solve it.