влахъ

Old Church Slavonic

Romans

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *volxъ (“speaker of a Romance language”), itself of Germanic origin.

Noun

влахъ • (vlaxŭ) m

1. a Roman, a speaker of a Romance language
   • from Vita Methodii, 0500200-0500220:

     и соуть въ нꙑ въшьли оучителе мнози крьстиꙗни из Влахъ и из Грькъ и из Нѣмьць, оучаще нꙑ различь.

     i sutĭ vŭ ny vŭšĭli učitele mnozi krĭstijani iz Vlaxŭ i iz Grĭkŭ i iz Němĭcĭ, učašte ny različĭ.

     And many Christian teachers have come to us from among the Latins, Greeks and Germans, teaching us in various ways.

2. a Vlach

Synonyms

• латинъ (latinŭ)