coel

See also: -coel and Coel

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *kuol.

Adjective

coel

  1. cool

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

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 *koïl (“omen”), from Proto-Celtic *kailo-, from Proto-Indo-European *kóylos (“healthy, whole”).[1] Cognate with Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“healthy, whole”).

Pronunciation

Noun

coel f (plural coelion)

  1. belief, trust

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

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
coel goel nghoel choel
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. 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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