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

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