dyowl

Cornish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Cornish dyawl, from Old Cornish diauol, from Proto-Brythonic *diaβul, borrowed from Latin diabolus. Compare Breton diaoul, Welsh diawl.

Noun

dyowl m (plural dyowlow or dywolow)

  1. devil

Usage notes

  • Mutates irregularly to jowl after the words an and unn. The plural form is unaffected.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of dyowl
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
dyowl dhyowl unchanged tyowl tyowl tyowl

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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