Proto-Goidelic
E27135
Proto-Goidelic is the reconstructed early Celtic language stage that gave rise to the Goidelic branch, including Primitive Irish and later Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Proto-Goidelic canonical | 1 |
| Proto-Irish (reconstructed) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T209909 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Proto-Goidelic Context triple: [Primitive Irish, follows, Proto-Goidelic]
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A.
Proto-Celtic
Proto-Celtic is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Celtic languages, spoken in prehistoric times before their diversification into distinct branches such as Goidelic and Brythonic.
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B.
Goidelic
Goidelic is the branch of Celtic languages that includes Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx.
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C.
Proto-Germanic
Proto-Germanic is the reconstructed common ancestor of all Germanic languages, including English, German, and the Norse languages.
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D.
Celtic languages
The Celtic languages are an ancient branch of the Indo-European language family once widespread across Europe, now represented mainly by languages such as Irish, Welsh, and Breton spoken in parts of the British Isles and Brittany.
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E.
Primitive Irish
Primitive Irish is the earliest attested form of the Irish language, known primarily from Ogham inscriptions dating from the early centuries CE.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Proto-Goidelic Target entity description: Proto-Goidelic is the reconstructed early Celtic language stage that gave rise to the Goidelic branch, including Primitive Irish and later Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx.
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A.
Proto-Celtic
Proto-Celtic is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Celtic languages, spoken in prehistoric times before their diversification into distinct branches such as Goidelic and Brythonic.
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B.
Goidelic
Goidelic is the branch of Celtic languages that includes Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx.
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C.
Proto-Germanic
Proto-Germanic is the reconstructed common ancestor of all Germanic languages, including English, German, and the Norse languages.
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D.
Celtic languages
The Celtic languages are an ancient branch of the Indo-European language family once widespread across Europe, now represented mainly by languages such as Irish, Welsh, and Breton spoken in parts of the British Isles and Brittany.
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E.
Primitive Irish
Primitive Irish is the earliest attested form of the Irish language, known primarily from Ogham inscriptions dating from the early centuries CE.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Celtic language
ⓘ
proto-language ⓘ reconstructed language ⓘ |
| branchOf | Goidelic ⓘ |
| category | historical language stage ⓘ |
| follows | Proto-Celtic ⓘ |
| gaveRiseTo |
Irish
ⓘ
Manx ⓘ Primitive Irish ⓘ Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| glottocode | none (not assigned as reconstructed stage) ⓘ |
| hasAncestor | Proto-Celtic ⓘ |
| hasDescendant |
Irish
ⓘ
Manx ⓘ Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
VSO basic word order (inherited tendency)
ⓘ
consonant quality contrasts (palatal vs non‑palatal, in development) ⓘ inflected prepositions (in development) ⓘ initial consonant mutations (incipient) ⓘ lenition of stops ⓘ loss of final syllables (apocope, syncope, in development) ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalChange |
development of conjugated prepositions
ⓘ
restructuring of verb inflection toward Old Irish patterns ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalChange |
lenition of Proto-Celtic stops between vowels
ⓘ
vocalic changes leading toward Old Irish vowel system ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | none ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Celtic
ⓘ
Goidelic ⓘ Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European
|
| notAttestedIn | native written texts ⓘ |
| partOf | Goidelic branch of Celtic ⓘ |
| precedes |
Old Irish
ⓘ
Primitive Irish ⓘ |
| reconstructedFrom |
Old Irish
ⓘ
Primitive Irish inscriptions ⓘ comparative Celtic linguistics ⓘ |
| region |
Ireland
ⓘ
Isle of Man (crown dependency) ⓘ
surface form:
Isle of Man
West of Scotland ⓘ
surface form:
western Scotland
|
| sharesFeatureWith | other Insular Celtic languages ⓘ |
| status | extinct (reconstructed only) ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Celtic studies
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Goidelic
ⓘ
surface form:
Goidelic language
Indo-European language ⓘ Insular Celtic language ⓘ |
| timeDepth | 1st millennium BCE to early 1st millennium CE (approximate) ⓘ |
| writingSystem | none (unwritten, reconstructed) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Proto-Goidelic Description of subject: Proto-Goidelic is the reconstructed early Celtic language stage that gave rise to the Goidelic branch, including Primitive Irish and later Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Proto-Irish (reconstructed)