Reconstruction:Middle Irish/galldacht

This Middle Irish entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Middle Irish

Etymology

From gallda (“foreign (especially Norse or English); having foreign connections or ways”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

*galldacht f

foreignness, English connection, fashion, ways
(collectively) the Englishry, the English settlers
district occupied by the English: in Ireland the Pale, in Scotland the Lowlands

Descendants

Irish: galldacht, Galltacht
Manx: Goaltaght
Scottish Gaelic: Galltachd

References

Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “galldacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language