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Goídel
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Goidel
Old Irish
Etymology
sga :bor cel-bry-pro:*Guɨðel
sga ine-pro *h₁weydʰh₁-
From sga cel-bry-pro *Guɨðel (the ancestor of cy Gwyddel Irishman), from sga cel-pro *weidus wild, from sga ine-pro *h₁weydʰh₁- wood, wilderness.408
Medieval Irish traditions, including the Lebor Gabála Érenn, trace the origin of the Goídels to an eponymous ancestor, Goídel Glas, but this is not held to be the actual etymology of the word.
Pronunciation
Noun
m Goídil Goídil
Gael
Inflection
Goídil Goídiul
Related terms
sga Goídelc
Descendants
mga Goídel Gaídel
ga Gael
gv Gael
gd Gàidheal, earlier also gd Gaoidheal
Mutation
References
Further reading
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