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Middle English: walnot
Old English: walh-hnutu
Old English: wealhhnutu

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Etymology of the English word walnut

the English word walnut

derived from the Proto-Germanic word walhaz (foreigner)

Dutch walnoot, German Walnuß, Icelandic valhnot, Swedish valnöt

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