Gàidheal

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish Goídel (“Irishman”), from Proto-Brythonic *guɨðel (the ancestor of Welsh gwyddel (“raider”)), from Proto-Celtic *weidelos (“savage, woodsman”), related to Scottish Gaelic fiadh (“deer”) through native Goidelic development, from *weidus (“wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- (“wood, wilderness”) (compare Old English wāþ (“hunt”)).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

Gàidheal m (genitive singular Gàidheil, plural Gàidheil)

  1. Gael, Highlander

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of Gàidheal
radical lenition
Gàidheal Ghàidheal

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 408
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