Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/Guɨðel

This Proto-Brythonic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Brythonic

Etymology

    Capitalisation of *guɨðel (“savage, woodsman”), from Proto-Celtic *weidelos (“savage, woodsman”), derived from *weidus (“wild”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- (“wood, wilderness”).[1]

    Proper noun

    *Guɨðel m

    1. Irishman, Gael

    Descendants

    • Breton: Gouezel
    • Cornish: Godhal
    • Old Welsh: Guoidel
      • Middle Welsh: Gwyðyl, Guoiðel
    • → Old Irish: Goídel

    References

    1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 408
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