Gael

Etymology
Borrowed from, alt. , from earlier, cognate with Scottish Gaelic and Manx Gael, from , from , a loanword from  (also recorded as a personal name in the ), from , from , related to , from  (cf. 🇨🇬). , unrelated to or.

Medieval Irish traditions, including the , trace the origin of the Goídels to an eponymous ancestor,, but this is no longer held to be the ultimate etymology of the word.

Noun

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

Translations

 * Afrikaans: gaele
 * Breton:
 * Catalan: gaèlic
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 蓋爾人
 * Cornish: Godhal, Godhales
 * German: Gäle, Gälin
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: Gael, Gaedheal
 * Old Irish: Goídel
 * Japanese: ゲール人
 * Manx: Gael
 * Scottish Gaelic: Gàidheal
 * Tajik: гаэл
 * Welsh: Gael

Etymology
From, from (compare 🇨🇬), from , from , from  (compare 🇨🇬).

Replaced native terms and, though these words survive as  and , respectively, and derive ultimately from the same root.

Noun

 * 1) Gael, Gaelic person
 * 2)  (Scottish) Highlander