Where does “Gaelachas” come from?
Gaelachas (Irish) comes from Irish gaelach, 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.
Gaelachas (Irish): Irish characteristic, Irishness; Hibernianism;...
Definitions
- Irish characteristic, Irishness; Hibernianism;...
Ancestry of “Gaelachas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Irish | gaelach | Alternative form of Gaelach |
| 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 |