Where does “Gaeldom” come from?
Gaeldom (English) comes from English Gael, from Irish Gael, from Irish Gaoidheal, from Middle Irish Gaídel, from Old Irish Goídel, from Old Welsh Guoidel, from Proto-Brythonic guɨðel, from Proto-Celtic wēdus — forest, wood; tree, beam.
Gaeldom (English): The Gaelic people collectively
Definitions
- The Gaelic people collectively
Ancestry of “Gaeldom”, step by step
Gaeldom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Gael
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Gael | A member of an ethnic group in Ireland, Scotland... |
| 2 | Irish | Gael | Gael, Irish person; Highlander |
| 3 | Irish | Gaoidheal | — |
| 4 | Middle Irish | Gaídel | — |
| 5 | Old Irish | Goídel | Gael |
| 6 | Old Welsh | Guoidel | wild man, warrior |
| 7 | Proto-Brythonic | guɨðel | savage, woodsman |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | wēdus | wild |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | widʰu- | forest, wood; tree, beam |
via English DOM
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | DOM | Initialism of date of marriage; Initialism of... |
| 2 | English | dominance | The state of being dominant; of prime importance;... |
| 3 | English | -ance | Added to an adjective or verb to form a noun... |
| 4 | Middle English | -aunce | Forms nouns indicating states or processes, usually from verbs or other nouns; -ance |
| 5 | Old French | -ance | ance (suffix used to form nouns) |
| 6 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |