Juwel
German (Berlin)
/juˈveːl/
noun
Definitions
- gem, jewel precious stone
- jewel, piece of jewellery
- anything very precious
- a precious, irreplaceable person
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Dutch jueel derived from Old French jüel.
Origin
Old French
jüel
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *iocāle Latin
- *jocale Latin
- Juwelier German
- juwelen German
- juwelier Dutch, Flemish
- ювелир Russian
- juvel Norwegian Bokmål
- juvel Swedish
- jubiler Polish
- juvel Norwegian Nynorsk
- juvel Danish
- joiel Old French
- jüel Old French
- juvelisto Esperanto
- juvelo Esperanto
- kronjuvelo Esperanto
- joiell Catalan, Valencian
- jueel Middle Dutch
- ioyau Middle French