Pill
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From the common Welsh placename element Pil meaning "tidal pool, harbor," itself borrowed from English pill (“tidal creek”).
Proper noun edit
Pill
- A village in Pill and Easton-in-Gordano parish, North Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST5275).
References edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pìl”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Etymology 2 edit
Proper noun edit
Pill
- A municipality of Tyrol, Austria.
Etymology 3 edit
English surname, both from the noun pill (originally "little ball") and from sense 3 (“inlet, tidal creek”).
Proper noun edit
Pill
- A surname.
German edit
Proper noun edit
Pill n (proper noun, genitive Pills or (optionally with an article) Pill)
- A municipality of Tyrol, Austria
Hunsrik edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German pille, from Latin pilula (“little ball”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Pill f (plural Pille)
Further reading edit
Luxembourgish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Pill