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Welsh vs Gwatkin - What's the difference?

welsh | gwatkin |

As proper nouns the difference between welsh and gwatkin

is that welsh is the Welsh language while Gwatkin is a patronymic Welsh and English surname; derived from Watkin a pet name for the given name Walter. Originally 'ap Gwatkyn' or 'ap Gwatkin', meaning 'son of Watkin'.

As an adjective Welsh

is (Native) British; pertaining to the Celtic peoples who inhabited much of Britain before the Roman occupation.

As a verb welsh

is to swindle someone by not paying a debt, especially a gambling debt.

welsh

English

(wikipedia Welsh)

Adjective

(-)
  • *1985 , , In Search of the Trojan War :
  • *:The Tudors, it was argued, were of Welsh or ancient British descent.
  • (label) Foreign; non-native.
  • *:
  • *:By my hede sayd syr Gareth I wylle ryde vnto my lord sir launcelot for to helpe hym // ye shalle not soo said sir Bors by my counceylle / onles that ye were desguysed / ye shalle see me dysguysed said syre Gareth / and there with al he aspyed a wallysshe knyghte where he was to repose hym
  • Of or pertaining to Wales.
  • Of or pertaining to the Celtic language of Wales.
  • Designating plants or animals from or associated with Wales. (See Derived terms.)
  • Derived terms

    * Middle Welsh * Old Welsh * Welsher * Welshman * Welshness * Welshwoman * Welsh ale * Welsh Black * Welsh cake * Welsh chimney * Welsh cob * Welsh Corgi * Welsh dresser * Welsh lump * Welsh mountain pony * Welsh nephew * Welsh Not * Welsh onion * Welshpool * Welsh pony * Welsh rabbit * Welsh rarebit * Welsh terrier * Welsh web * Welsh yard

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The Welsh language.
  • * 1832 , (Queen Victoria), journal, 6 Aug 1832:
  • 9 minutes to 2. We just stopped to have our horses' mouths washed, and there all people spoke welsh .
  • (collectively) The people of Wales.
  • for someone who was a Welshman or a Celt.
  • A breed of pig, kept mainly for bacon.
  • Synonyms

    * (language) Cymric, Kymric

    Derived terms

    * (l) * (l)

    See also

    * (cy)

    References

    gwatkin

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A patronymic Welsh and English surname; derived from Watkin a pet name for the given name Walter. Originally 'ap Gwatkyn' or 'ap Gwatkin', meaning 'son of Watkin'.
  • * "Captain Gwatkin, of the brig Scout, had a narrow escape on the 28th ult. In attempting to step from the wharf on board his vessel, he missed his footing and fell into the river." The Courier . Hobart, Tasmania. 7 June 1845. [http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/2948335]
  • References

    * Bardsley, Charles Wareing Endell, A dictionary of English and Welsh surnames: with special American instances , Genealogical Publishing Com, 1996. p. 344-345