Goídelc

== Old Irish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *Guɨðeleg (the ancestor of Welsh Gwyddeleg (“the Irish language”)) with unexpected syncope (instead of expected *Goídlec). See also Goídel, Welsh Gwyddel. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡoːi̯.ðʲəlɡ/ (Blasse) [ˈɡoːi̯.ðʲelɡ] (Griffith) [ˈɡoːi̯.ðʲəlɡ] === Proper noun === Goídelc f the Old Irish language ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Irish: Goídelc, Gaídelc Classical Gaelic: Gaoidhealg Irish: Gaeilge, Gaelainn, Gaeilic, pre-reform orthography Gaoidhilg, Gaedhilg, Gaedhilge Manx: Gaelg, Gailck Scottish Gaelic: Gàidhlig, earlier also Gaoidhlig → English: Goidelic === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Goídelc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language