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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)

1. gale
2. weather
   Synonym: kewer
3. wind
   Synonym: gwyns

• awel glor (“breeze”)
• awelek (“windy”)
• hager awel (“bad weather, storm”)
• teg awel (“calm weather”)

Semantic loan from French; see wel.

awel

1. well
   Awel meneer, aan uw vraag zie ik wel dat ge slecht op de hoogte zijt. ― Well, sir, your question tells me that you are ill-informed.

• W. de Vreese (1899), Gallicismen in het Zuidnederlandsch, Gent
• awul, āwel, āwul

From Proto-West Germanic *ahwal, from Proto-Germanic *ahwalaz (“fork, hook”).

• IPA(key): /ˈɑ.wel/, /ˈɑːˌwel/

**awel, āwel m

1. awl

Short vowel

Strong _a_-stem:

Long vowel

Strong _a_-stem:

• æl
• Middle English: owul, owl, eawel, ewel, oul
  • English: awl (merged with descendant of Old English æl)
  • ⇒ Scots: eulcruik, elcuke, ailcruke

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.

• IPA(key): /ˈau̯.ɛl/

awel f (plural awelon)

1. breeze, wind
   Synonyms: anadl, gwynt, drafft

• awelog