stevel

From Old Cornish steuel, from Proto-Brythonic *ɨstavell, from Vulgar Latin *(i)stabellum, from Latin stabulum (“dwelling”). Cognate with Welsh ystafell, related to English stable.

stevel f (plural stevellow)

1. room (in a house)

   Synonym: roum

From late Middle Dutch stēvele, from Old French estivel. Borrowing from Standard German Stiefel (as sometimes assumed) is unlikely for phonetic reasons, but it could well have passed through Low and Central German dialects (Middle High German stivel, Middle Low German stēvel).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsteː.vəl/

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• Hyphenation: ste‧vel
• Rhymes: -eːvəl

stevel m (plural stevels, diminutive steveltje n)

1. (now dialectal, eastern Netherlands) boot

   Synonym: laars

• stiefelen

• Afrikaans: stewel
• Petjo: stomstiebel (archaic)