different between wendigo vs druid

English

Etymology

From Ojibwe wiindigoo, from Proto-Algonquian *wi·nteko·wa (“owl; malevolent spirit, cannibalistic monster”). Compare Cree wihtikow, ?????? (iyhtikow, “greedy person; cannibal; giant man-eating monster”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w?nd????/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?w?ndi?o?/
• Hyphenation: wen?di?go

Noun

wendigo (plural wendigo or wendigos or wendigoes)

1. (mythology) A malevolent and violent cannibal spirit found in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree mythology, which is said to inhabit the body of a living person and possess him or her to commit murder.

   Synonyms: wetiko, wihtikow, witigo, (derived from Cree) witiko
2. Synonym of splake (“kind of hybrid fish”)

Alternative forms

• wiindigoo
• windago
• windiga
• windigo

Derived terms

• wendigo psychosis

Translations

Further reading

• wendigo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “windigo”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• widgeon

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French druide, from Old French, via Latin Druidae, from Gaulish *druwits, from Proto-Celtic *druwits (literally “oak-knower”), from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”) and *weyd- (“to see”).

The earliest record of the term in Latin is by Julius Caesar in the first century B.C. in his De Bello Gallico. The native Celtic word for "druid" is first attested in Latin texts as druides (plural) and other texts also employ the form druidae (akin to the Greek form). Cognate with the later insular Celtic words, Old Irish druí (“druid, sorcerer”) and early Welsh dryw (“seer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?u?.?d/
• Rhymes: -u??d

Noun

druid (plural druids)

1. One of an order of priests among certain groups of Celts before the adoption of Abrahamic religions.

Usage notes

• Often capitalized: Druid.

Derived terms

• druidic
• druidism

Translations

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?????d?/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish truit f (“starling”), from Proto-Celtic *trozdis, from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos (“thrush”); compare Latin turdus, German Drossel, and English thrush.

Noun

druid f (genitive singular druide, nominative plural druideanna)

1. starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

Declension

Alternative forms

• druideog

Etymology 2

From Old Irish druitid (“shuts, closes; moves close (to), presses (against); approaches; moves away from, abandons”), possibly related to Welsh drws (“door”).

Verb

druid (present analytic druideann, future analytic druidfidh, verbal noun druidim, past participle druidte) (transitive, intransitive)

1. (Ulster) close, shut
2. move relative to something
   1. (with le) move close to, draw near, approach
   2. (with ar) close upon
   3. (with ó) move away from

Conjugation

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

druid m

1. genitive singular of drud

Mutation

Further reading

• "druid" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “truit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “druitid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “druidim” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “druid” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dru.ið?/

Noun

druïd

1. inflection of druí:
   1. accusative/dative singular
   2. nominative/vocative/accusative dual
   3. nominative plural

Mutation

Polish

Etymology

From Gaulish *druwits, from Proto-Celtic *druwits (literally “oak-knower”), from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”) and *weyd- (“to see”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dru.it/

Noun

druid m pers (feminine druidka)

1. druid

Declension

Further reading

• druid in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French druide, from Latin Druidae.

Noun

druid m (plural druizi)

1. druid

Declension

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish truit f (“starling”), from Proto-Celtic *trozdi-, from Proto-Indo-European *trozdo- (“thrush”).

Noun

druid f (genitive singular druide, plural druidean)

1. starling

Etymology 2

From Old Irish druitid (“shuts, closes; moves close (to), presses (against); approaches; moves away from, abandons”), possibly related to Welsh drws (“door”).

Verb

druid (past dhruid, future druididh, verbal noun druideadh, past participle druidte)

1. shut closely
2. cover
3. enclose, surround
4. advance, come up
5. join
6. hasten
7. step toward
8. approach, draw near

Alternative forms

• truid

Mutation

References

• “druid” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “truit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “druitid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language