Gallaeci

== English == === Alternative forms === Callaeci === Noun === Gallaeci pl (plural only) An ancient Celtic people who inhabited Gallaecia. ==== Derived terms ==== Gallaecian == Latin == === Alternative forms === Callaeci === Etymology === From the endonym of a local Celtic tribe (compare Ancient Greek Καλλαϊκοί (Kallaïkoí)). Either from Proto-Celtic *kallī (“wood”) or from a descendant of Proto-Indo-European *kl̥H-ní-s (“hill”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelH- + a relational suffix *-aeco, of Lusitanian origin. Compare also Gallus, Gallia, and Portus Cale, whence Portugal. See also Gael, Galway. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡalˈlae̯.kiː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ɡalˈlɛː.t͡ʃi] === Proper noun === Gallaecī m pl (genitive Gallaecōrum); second declension A Celtic people of Hispania Tarraconensis, who dwelt in the northwestern part of the Iberian peninsula ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, plural only. ==== Derived terms ==== Gallaecia gallaecus ==== Descendants ==== Galician: galego Portuguese: galego Spanish: gallego === References === “Gallaeci”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.