balsch
Mòcheno
FWOTD – 24 May 2017
Etymology
From Middle High German welisc, from Old High German walask, from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk, from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz (“foreign, non-Germanic (i.e. Celtic, Roman)”). Cognate with German welsch (“pertaining to the Romance-speaking areas and population of Switzerland”), English Welsh (“pertaining to Wales”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /balʃ/
Adjective
balsch
- Italian (of Italy, its people or its culture)
Noun
balsch ?
- Italian (language)
References
- Anthony R. Rowley, Liacht as de sproch: Grammatica della lingua mòchena Deutsch-Fersentalerisch, TEMI, 2003.
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien