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Goídelc
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Old Irish
Etymology
sga cel-bry-pro *Guɨðeleg (the ancestor of cy Gwyddeleg the Irish language) with unexpected syncope (instead of expected *Goídlec).https://www.academia.edu/35297747/GOI_Reading_Group_21_-_9.10.2017 Proceedings of the Thurneysen Fanclub: issue 21 Rudolf Thurneysen (brought to you by ChronHib) page on Academia.edu David Stifter Elliott Lash Fangzhe Qiu Lars Nooij; et al. 2017-09-10 2024-02-13 At any rate, Old Irish Goídelc, a British loanword (Welsh Gwyddeleg), is already an unexpected form in that it shows an unusual syncope. It should really have been Goídlec.David Stifter Aaron Griffith 2020 2024-02-13 Old Irish – Introduction, Part 3: Influence and Handbooks Saverio Dalpedri, Götz Keydana, Stavros Skopeteas Glottothèque: Ancient Indo-European Grammars online University of Göttingen https://spw.uni-goettingen.de/projects/aig/lng-sga.html 10.5446/49235 Old Welsh *guɨðel ‘wild one’ + glottonym *guɨðeleg > OIr. Goídel ‘Irish’, Goídelc ‘Irish language’ See also sga Goídel, cy Gwyddel.
Pronunciation
Goídelg
Proper noun
sga proper noun f
the Old Irish language
Inflection
Goídilc s
Descendants
mga Goídelc Gaídelc
ghc Gaoidhealg
ga Gaeilge Gaelainn Gaeilic, pre-reform orthography ga Gaoidhilg, ga Gaedhilg, ga Gaedhilge
gv Gaelg Gailck
gd Gàidhlig, earlier also gd Gaoidhlig
en Goidelic 1
Mutation
References
Further reading
26311 Goídelc
sga Languages