Gàidheal

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See also: Gaidheal

Scottish Gaelic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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Gàidheal m (genitive singular Gàidheil, plural Gàidheil)

  1. Gael, Highlander

Derived terms

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Mutation

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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

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 408