coel

See also: -coel and Coel

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *kuol.

Adjective

coel

1. cool

Inflection

Adjective
		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative	Indefinite	coel	coele	coel	coele
	Definite	coele	coele
Accusative	Indefinite	coelen	coele	coel	coele
	Definite	coele
Genitive	Indefinite	coels	coelre	coels	coelre
	Definite	coels, coelen	coels, coelen
Dative		coelen	coelre	coelen	coelen

Descendants

• Dutch: koel
  • Afrikaans: koel
• Limburgish: keul, kool

Further reading

• “coel”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “coele (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page coele

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh coel, from Old Welsh coil(i)ou, from Proto-Brythonic *koɨl, from Proto-Celtic *kailos (“omen”),^[1] from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“healthy, whole”).^[2] Cognate with Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“healthy, whole”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /koːɨ̯l/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /kɔi̯l/

Noun

coel f (plural coelion)

1. belief, trust

Derived terms

• argoel (“omen”)
• coelbren (“lot [used in determining a question by chance]”)
• coelio (“to believe”)
• ofergoel (“superstition”)
• anhygoel (“incredible”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
coel	goel	nghoel	choel
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kaylo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 197
2. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “coel”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies