iâl

See also: iaļ, -ial, and IAL

Welsh

From Proto-Celtic *yalom, from Proto-Indo-European *yh₁-l-eh₂-,^[1] derivative of *yeh₁-. Cf. Gaulish Eburo-ialum (Ebreuil), Verno-ialum (Verneuil), Old Breton Ialonus (theonym). Further related to English idle, Polish jałowy (“barren”), and Lithuanian jė̃las.

iâl f (uncountable)

iâl (feminine singular iâl, plural iâl, not comparable)

Mutated forms of *iâl*
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
iâl	unchanged	unchanged	hiâl

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

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 268

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “iâl”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- Print: Gareth A. Bevan, ed. Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru: A Dictionary of the Welsh Language, vol. 2: g – llyys. Caerdydd: Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru, 1987, p. 1999.
Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 432–3
- Matasović, Ranko (2011). “Addenda et corrigenda to Ranko Matasović’s Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Brill, Leiden 2009)”, s.v. “*yalo-”, Zagreb, p. 44