awel

From 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”).

awel f (plural awelyow)

1. gale
2. weather

   Synonym: kewer

3. wind

   Synonym: gwyns

Semantic loan from French; see wel.

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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.

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

• awul, āwel, āwul

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.wel/, /ˈɑːˌwel/

awel, āwel m

1. awl

Short vowel

Strong a-stem:

Long vowel

Strong a-stem:

• æl

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

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈau̯.ɛl/

awel f (plural awelon)

1. breeze, wind

   Synonyms: anadl, gwynt

• awelog