nuel
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English newel, niwel (“right down”, adverb), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English nēol, nȳwol, nēowol, neowol, niwol, nihol (“precipitous, headlong, prone, prostrate, obscure, deep down, low, profound, abysmal”), of uncertain origin. Possibly a variant of nifol (“dark, gloomy, obscure”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *nibulaz, *nebulaz (“mist, fog”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *nébʰelos, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud, mist, moisture”); or more likely, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *nīhwulaz (“descending; low”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *kneygʷʰ- (“to tend; incline; lean toward; bend”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“to press; pinch; kink”).
If derived from *nibulaz, then cognate with Dutch nevel (“mist, fog, haze”), German Nebel (“fog, mist, haze, nebula”), Icelandic nifl (“fog, darkness”), Icelandic njól (“mist, night, darkness”), Latin nebula (“fog, cloud, vapour”), Ancient Greek νέφος (néphos, “cloud”).
If derived from *nīhwulaz, then cognate with Old Frisian niwul, Middle Low German nīgel, nugel, nule, nūl (“forwards; forward over”), Middle Dutch niel (“thrown forward on the ground; prostrate”) (Modern Dutch nuul-, vernielen).
Adjective
nuel (not comparable)