iâl
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *yalom, from Proto-Indo-European *yh₁-l-eh₂-,[1] derivative of *yeh₁-. Cf. Gaulish Eburo-ialum (Ebreuil), Verno-ialum (Verneuil), Old Breton Ialonus (theonym). Further related to English idle, Polish jałowy (“barren”), and Lithuanian jė̃las.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jaːl/
Noun
iâl f (uncountable)
- clearing, glade
- Synonym: llannerch
- cultivated upland
Derived terms
- Iâl
Descendants
- >? English: yale
Adjective
iâl (feminine singular iâl, plural iâl, not comparable)
- open, clear
- pleasant
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| iâl | unchanged | unchanged | hiâl |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 268
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “iâl”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- Print: Gareth A. Bevan, ed. Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru: A Dictionary of the Welsh Language, vol. 2: g – llyys. Caerdydd: Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru, 1987, p. 1999.
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 432–3
- Matasović, Ranko (2011). “Addenda et corrigenda to Ranko Matasović’s Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Brill, Leiden 2009)”, s.v. “*yalo-”, Zagreb, p. 44