Etymograph

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Goidel

Goidel comes from Old Irish Goídel ‘Gael’, from Proto-Celtic *weidus ‘wild’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- ‘wood, wilderness’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁weydʰh₁-‘wood, wilderness’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*weidus‘wild’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Brythonicc. 100 BCE–500 CE*Guɨðelreconstructed
  4. Old Irishc. 600–900Goídel‘Gael’
  5. EnglishtodayGoidel

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁weydʰh₁-‘wood, wilderness’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*weidus‘wild’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Brythonicc. 100 BCE–500 CE*Guɨðelreconstructed
  4. Old Irishc. 600–900Goídel‘Gael’
  5. EnglishtodayGoidel

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- ‘wood, wilderness’

division, individual, wood, device, wide, widow, divide, devise, divisible, fid, 12 more

Today it means

noun A Gael; a member of the Goidelic division of Celtic languages as opposed to the Brythonic division.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- / Goidel

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