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)
Semantic loan from French; see wel.
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awel
From Proto-West Germanic *ahwal, from Proto-Germanic *ahwalaz (“fork, hook”).
awel, āwel m
Strong a-stem:
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | awel | awelas |
accusative | awel | awelas |
genitive | aweles | awela |
dative | awele | awelum |
Strong a-stem:
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | āwel | āwlas |
accusative | āwel | āwlas |
genitive | āwles | āwla |
dative | āwle | āwlum |
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.
awel f (plural awelon)
radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
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awel | unchanged | unchanged | hawel |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.