awel
Cornish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Cornish awel, from Old Cornish auhel, from Proto-Brythonic *awel, from Proto-Celtic *awelā (“wind, breeze”). Cognate with Breton avel (“wind”) and Welsh awel (“breeze, wind”).
Noun
editawel f (plural awelyow)
Derived terms
edit- awel glor (“breeze”)
- awelek (“windy”)
- hager awel (“bad weather, storm”)
- teg awel (“calm weather”)
Dutch
editEtymology
editSemantic loan from French; see wel.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Interjection
editawel
- well
- Awel meneer, aan uw vraag zie ik wel dat ge slecht op de hoogte zijt. ― Well, sir, your question tells me that you are ill-informed.
References
edit- W. de Vreese (1899), Gallicismen in het Zuidnederlandsch, Gent
Old English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *ahwal, from Proto-Germanic *ahwalaz (“fork, hook”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editawel, āwel m
Declension
edit- Short vowel
Strong a-stem:
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | awel | awelas |
accusative | awel | awelas |
genitive | aweles | awela |
dative | awele | awelum |
- Long vowel
Strong a-stem:
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | āwel | āwlas |
accusative | āwel | āwlas |
genitive | āwles | āwla |
dative | āwle | āwlum |
Related terms
editDescendants
editWelsh
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Welsh awel, from Proto-Brythonic *awel, from Proto-Celtic *awelā (“breeze, wind”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewh₁eleh₂, from *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). Compare Cornish awel and Breton avel.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editawel f (plural awelon)
Derived terms
editMutation
editradical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
---|---|---|---|
awel | unchanged | unchanged | hawel |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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- Cornish terms inherited from Middle Cornish
- Cornish terms derived from Middle Cornish
- Cornish terms inherited from Old Cornish
- Cornish terms derived from Old Cornish
- Cornish terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic
- Cornish terms derived from Proto-Brythonic
- Cornish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Cornish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Cornish lemmas
- Cornish nouns
- Cornish feminine nouns
- kw:Weather
- kw:Wind
- Dutch semantic loans from French
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- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Dutch lemmas
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- Dutch terms with usage examples
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
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- Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh
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- cy:Wind