Gàidheal
See also: Gaidheal
Scottish Gaelic
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editGàidheal m (genitive singular Gàidheil, plural Gàidheil)
Derived terms
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editMutation
editScottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
Gàidheal | Ghàidheal |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ 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 Proto-Brythonic
- 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