Gàidheal
See also: Gaidheal
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish Goídel (“Irishman”), from the Brythonic ancestor of Welsh gwyddel (“raider”), from Proto-Celtic *wēdelos (“savage, woodsman”), related to Scottish Gaelic fiadh (“deer”) through native Goidelic development, from *wēdus (“wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- (“wood, wilderness”) (compare Old English wāþ (“hunt”)).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
Gàidheal m (genitive singular Gàidheil, plural Gàidheil)
Derived terms
Related terms
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| Gàidheal | Ghàidheal |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 408
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- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁weydʰh₁-
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Brythonic languages
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Goidelic languages
- Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
- Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns