Gael

n. 盖尔人

发音

/ɡeɪl/

词形变化

Gaels 复数 Gaels

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

    盖尔人

name
  1. 1.

    An unknown-gender given name.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

Celt Kelt

相关短语

Fine Gael

词源

Borrowed from Irish Gael, alt. Gaol, from earlier Gaoidheal, cognate with Scottish Gaelic Gàidheal and Manx Gael, from Middle Irish Gaídel, from Old Irish Goídel (“Irishman”), a loanword from Old Welsh Guoidel (“wild man, warrior”) (also recorded as a personal name in the Book of Llandaff), from Proto-Brythonic *Guɨðel (“savage, woodsman”), from Proto-Celtic *weidelos (“savage, woodsman”), related to *weidus (“wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- (“wood, wilderness”) (cf. Old English wāþ (“hunt”)). Doublet of Goidel, unrelated to Gaul or Gallia. Medieval Irish traditions, including the Lebor Gabála Érenn, trace the origin of the Goídels to an eponymous ancestor, Goídel Glas, but this is no longer held to be the ultimate etymology of the word.

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