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
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɛː.əɫ̪/

Noun

Gàidheal m (genitive singular Gàidheil, plural Gàidheil)

  1. Gael, Highlander

Derived terms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
GàidhealGhàidheal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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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