Gael

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English word Gael comes from Proto-Indo-European *weydʰ-, and later Proto-Celtic *wēdus (Wild.)

*weydʰ- (Proto-Indo-European)

*wēdelos (Proto-Celtic)

*wēdus (Proto-Celtic)

Wild.

*geidelos (Proto-Brythonic)

*guɨðel (Proto-Brythonic)

Guoidel (Old Welsh)

Goídel (Old Irish)

Gael.

Gaídel (Middle Irish)

Gaoidheal (Scottish Gaelic)

Gàidheal (Scottish Gaelic)

Gael, Highlander.

Gael (English)

A member of an ethnic group in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man, whose language is one that is Gaelic.

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