Gael
Irish (Donegal)
/ɡeːlˠ/
noun
Definitions
- Gael, Irish person
- ~ de cuid (Scottish) Highlander
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish Goídel (Irishman, Gael, a Gael) derived from Old Welsh Guoidel (wild man, warrior) derived from Proto-Brythonic *guɨðel (woodsman, savage) derived from Proto-Celtic *wēdus (wild) derived from Proto-Indo-European *weydʰ- (wood, wilderness, divide, wooded).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*weydʰ-
Gloss
wood, wilderness, divide, wooded
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Gael English
- Gaeldom English
- Gaelic English
- Gaelophone English
- Gaeltacht English
- Goidelic English
- goedelicus Latin
- *weydʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *weyh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *widhu Proto-Indo-European
- *widʰu- Proto-Indo-European
- wāþ Old English
- waith Middle English
- wath Middle English
- wathe Middle English
- Breac-Ghaeltacht Irish
- Fine Gael Irish
- Gael-Mheiriceánach Irish
- Gaelach Irish
- Gaelachas Irish
- Gaelaigh Irish
- Gaelcholáiste Irish
- Gaeltacht Irish
- Gall Irish
- Gall-Ghael Irish
- Meiriceánach Irish
- coláiste Irish
- fine Irish
- veiðr Old Norse
- Gwynedd Welsh
- վայր Old Armenian
- Goídel Old Irish
- fíad Old Irish
- Gàidheal Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- *wēdelos Proto-Celtic
- *wēdus Proto-Celtic
- Gaídel Middle Irish
- *widús Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *geidelo- Proto-Brythonic
- *guɨðel Proto-Brythonic
- Guoidel Old Welsh