sawdl
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh saudel, from Proto-Brythonic [Term?], from Proto-Celtic *stātlā[1] or *stādlā (“heel”), from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tleh₂ or *stéh₂dʰleh₂ (“that which is used for standing”) respectively, from the root *steh₂- (“to stand”) + *-tleh₂/*-dʰleh₂ (instrument noun suffix). Cognate with Cornish seudhel, Middle Breton seuzl, Irish sáil, Scottish Gaelic sàil and Manx saayl.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /sau̯dl/, [ˈsau̯dl̩]
- (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /sau̯dl/, [ˈsau̯dl̩]
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈsau̯dʊl/
Noun
sawdl m or f (plural sodlau, not mutable)
- (anatomy) heel
Derived terms
- sodlau uchel (“high heels”)
- disodli (“to displace; supplant”)
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*stātlā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 354