Name. The name Veleda (/Weleda/) is most likely a borrowing from Gaulish *ueletā ('seeress'; cf. Gaul. uelets, Old Irish filed, Middle Welsh gwelet, Middle Breton guelet), with regular Germanic sound shift -t-> -d-.. Life. The name may be Celtic and generic title for a prophetess (from Proto-Celtic *welet-"seer", a derivative of the root *wel-"to see"). The ancient Germanic peoples …

Germanic philology is the philological study of the Germanic languages, particularly from a comparative or historical perspective.. The beginnings of research into the Germanic languages began in the 16th century, with the discovery of literary texts in …