出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2025/05/24 19:15 UTC 版)
From 中期英語 wele, wyle, welle, likely a fusion of Old Norse vél ("device"; compare Icelandic vél (“a contrivance to catch fish”)) and 中期英語 welwe, wilwe (“a weir, trap, or other device made of willow branches”), from 古期英語 wilige, wylige (“basket”), related to 古期英語 welig (“willow”).
From 中期英語 wel, weel, wele, wæl, from 古期英語 wǣl (“weel, a deep pool, gulf, deep water of a stream or of the sea”). Cognate with Scots weil, weel (“pool, eddy, whirlpool”), Middle Low German wêl (“a pool”), Middle Low German wêlen (“to swirl, whirl”).