echel

See also: Echel

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch echel, ēgele, from Old Dutch *egela, from Proto-West Germanic *egalu (“leech”). Related with egel (“hedgehog”). Cognate with German Egel (“leech”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛ.xəl/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: echel

Noun

echel f (plural echels, diminutive echeltje n)

  1. (dated) leech, in particular one species used in bloodletting, the European medical leech, Hirudo officinalis

Synonyms

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *aksilā. Cognate with Latin axis.

Pronunciation
  • (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɛχɛl/
  • (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈeːχɛl/, /ˈɛχɛl/
  • Rhymes: -eːχɛl, -ɛχɛl

Noun

echel f (plural echelau or echelydd or echeli or echyl)

  1. axle
  2. (geometry) axis

Derived terms
  • echelbin (“linchpin”)
  • taflu rhywun oddi ar ei echel (“to throw off, to put off, to disconcert”, literally “to throw someone off their axle”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
echel unchanged unchanged hechel
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “echel”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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