Gwyddel

== Welsh == === Etymology === From Middle Welsh Gwyðyl, Guoiðel, from Proto-Brythonic *Guɨðel (compare Breton Gouezel and Old Irish Goídel, a loanword from Brythonic), from Proto-Celtic *weidus (“wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- (“wood, wilderness”) (compare Old English wāþ (“hunt”)). Doublet of Gael. === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡwɨ̞ðɛl/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡʊi̯ðɛl/, /ˈɡwɪðɛl/ === Noun === Gwyddel m (plural Gwyddelod or Gwyddelaid or Gwyddeliaid or Gwyddyl, feminine Gwyddeles) Irishman, Gael (of Ireland) ==== Derived terms ==== Gwyddeleg (“Irish language”) Gwyddeles (“Irishwoman”) Gwyddelig (“Irish”, adjective) === Mutation === === Further reading === D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “Gwyddel”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “Gwyddel”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies