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Gael.

Gael, Gaelic person

4 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɡeːl̪ˠ//ɡeːlˠ/

  1. Gael, Gaelic person

    masculine

  2. (Scottish) Highlander

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish Goídel, from Old Welsh Guoidel (“wild man, warrior”) (compare Welsh Gwyddel (“Irishman”)), from Proto-Brythonic *Guɨðel, from Proto-Celtic *weidus (“wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- (“wood, wilderness”) (compare Old English wāþ (“hunt”)). Replaced native terms féni (“class of landed Irish freemen”) and fénechas (“matters pertaining to the féni”), though these words survive as féine and féineachas, respectively, and derive ultimately from the same root.

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