French gaulois

← Old English wǣlisċ (cognate)

← Old English wīelisċ (mention)

← English Welsh (link)

← English Gaul (link)

← Old French gualeis (mention)

← Old French walois (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz (mention)

← Old High German walahisc (cognate)

→ Cimbrian bèllos (cognate)

→ Cimbrian belesch (cognate)

→ Cimbrian belisch (cognate)

→ French gauloiserie (suffix)

→ Alemannic German wälsch (cognate)

→ Vietnamese Gô-loa (borrowed)