Etymograph

English

Goidelic

From Goidel + -ic.

A compound of Goidel + -ic

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

Proto-Celtic *weidus ‘wild’

Proto-Brythonic *Guɨðel

Old Irish Goídel ‘Gael’

English Goidel

Today it means

adj Relating to the Gaels.

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

Etymograph / Goidelic