coel

See also: -coel and Coel

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *kuol.

Adjective

coel

  1. cool

Inflection

Adjective
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
nominative indefinite coel coele coel coele
definite coele coele
accusative indefinite coelen coele coel coele
definite coele
genitive indefinite coels coelre coels coelre
definite coels, coelen coels, coelen
dative coelen coelre coelen coelen

Descendants

  • Dutch: koel
  • Limburgish: keul, kool

Further reading

  • “coel”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “coele (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page coele

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh coel, from Old Welsh coil(i)ou, from Proto-Brythonic *koɨl, from Proto-Celtic *kailos (“omen”),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“healthy, whole”).[2] Cognate with Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“healthy, whole”).

Pronunciation

Noun

coel f (plural coelion)

  1. belief, trust

Derived terms

  • anhygoel (“incredible”)
  • argoel (“omen”)
  • cerdyn coel (“credit card”)
  • coelbren (“lot [used in determining a question by chance]”)
  • coelio (“to believe”)
  • ofergoel (“superstition”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of coel
radical soft nasal aspirate
coel goel nghoel choel

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kaylo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 197
  2. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “coel”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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