Wallach
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]Wallach (plural Wallachs)
- (archaic) A Wallachian.
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German wallache, borrowed in Prussia/Baltics from older Russian волох (volox), from Proto-Slavic *volxъ, from Proto-Germanic *walhaz. Compare Polish wałach, which is also a borrowing from East Slavic. The Slavic word means “Romance speaker”, especially one of Romania, i.e. a Wallachian or Vlach. Wallachian herdsmen are credited with having invented a new form of castration.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Wallach m (strong, genitive Wallaches or Wallachs, plural Wallache)
- gelding (castrated male horse)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Wallach [masculine, strong]
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