awel

Dutch

Etymology

Semantic loan from French; see wel.

Pronunciation
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Interjection

awel

  1. 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
  • W. de Vreese (1899), Gallicismen in het Zuidnederlandsch, Gent

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ahwal, from Proto-Germanic *ahwalaz (“fork, hook”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑ.wel/, /ˈɑːˌwel/

Noun

awel, āwel m

  1. awl

Declension
Short vowel
Declension of awel (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative awel awelas
accusative awel awelas
genitive aweles awela
dative awele awelum
Long vowel
Declension of āwel (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative āwel āwlas
accusative āwel āwlas
genitive āwles āwla
dative āwle āwlum

Descendants
  • Middle English: owul, owl, eawel, ewel, oul
    • English: awl (merged with descendant of Old English æl)
    • ⇒ Scots: eulcruik, elcuke, ailcruke

Welsh

Etymology

From 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
  • IPA(key): /ˈau̯.ɛl/

Noun

awel f (plural awelon)

  1. breeze, wind
    Synonyms: anadl, gwynt

Derived terms

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
awel unchanged unchanged hawel
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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