echel
See also: Echel
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch echel, ēgele, from Old Dutch *egela, from Proto-West Germanic *egalu (“leech”). Related with egel (“hedgehog”). Cognate with German Egel (“leech”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
echel f (plural echels, diminutive echeltje n)
- (dated) leech, in particular one species used in bloodletting, the European medical leech, Hirudo officinalis
Synonyms edit
- (leech): bloedzuiger, laak
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *aksilā. Cognate with Latin axis.
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɛχɛl/
- (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈeːχɛl/, /ˈɛχɛl/
- Rhymes: -eːχɛl, -ɛχɛl
Noun edit
echel f (plural echelau or echelydd or echeli or echyl)
Derived terms edit
- echelbin (“linchpin”)
- taflu rhywun oddi ar ei echel (“to throw off, to put off, to disconcert”, literally “to throw someone off their axle”)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| echel | unchanged | unchanged | hechel |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “echel”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies