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

• awul, āwel, āwul

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

Related terms

• æl

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

• awelog

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.