Gàidheal
Gaelic (Scots)
/ˈkɛː.əɫ̪/
noun
Definitions
- Gael, Highlander
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish Goídel (Irishman, Gael, a Gael) derived from Proto-Celtic *wēdelos (woodsman, savage) 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
分
Emoji
📋️ 🔨 🪓 🏞️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Gaelic English
- Goidelic English
- goedelicus Latin
- *weydʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *weyh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- wāþ Old English
- waith Middle English
- wath Middle English
- wathe Middle English
- Gael Irish
- veiðr Old Norse
- Gwynedd Welsh
- վայր Old Armenian
- Goídel Old Irish
- fíad Old Irish
- Gàidhealtachd Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- fiadh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- fiadhach Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- *wēdelos Proto-Celtic
- *wēdus Proto-Celtic
- Gaídel Middle Irish
- *widús Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *guɨðel Proto-Brythonic
- Guoidel Old Welsh