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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic влахъ (vlaxŭ), from Proto-Slavic *volxъ (“Roman, Romance-speaker”), from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner, Celt, Roman”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Βλάχος • (Blákhos) m (genitive Βλάχου); second declension (Byzantine)
- a Vlach
- an East Romance-speaking inhabitant of Greece
Inflection
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Descendants
Further reading
Vlachs on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Greek
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek Βλάχος (Blákhos).
Noun
Βλάχος • (Vláchos) m (plural Βλάχοι, feminine Βλάχα)
- Vlach (male speaker of the Vlach language)
- Wallachian
- a surname deriving from the above
Declension
- βλάχικος (vláchikos, “Vlach”)
- βλάχικα n pl (vláchika, “Aromanian, the Vlach language”)
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