Heel
English
Proper noun
Heel
- A part of Maasgouw in the Netherlands
Anagrams
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From an underlying Middle High German *höuwel, from the verb houwen, whence Luxembourgish haen (“to hit, chop”); derived either directly from the verb with the tool suffix -el or as a diminutive of the noun houwe, from Old High German houwa (“hoe”). Alternatively or additionally, the word could be from Middle High German *heiel, diminutive of heie, from Old High German heia (“battering ram”), since related words in Central Franconian also mean “ram; wooden hammer; masher of an oil press”.
Pronunciation
Noun
Heel m (plural Heelen)
- hoe (tool)
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