dowel
English
/ˈdaʊəl/
noun
Definitions
- A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position.
- A wooden rod, as one to make short pins from.
- (construction) A piece of wood or similar material fitted into a surface not suitable for fastening so that other pieces may be fastened to it.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English dule derived from Old French doelle (the hollow part of a tool where the handle is) derived from Frankish *dulja (hollow tube, pipe) derived from Proto-Germanic *dulją (pipe) derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰel- (curvature, hollow, vaulting, cavity, curve, tremble, an arch) derived from Middle Low German dövel (peg, plug) derived from Proto-Germanic *dubilaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*dubilaz
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Dübel German
- Holzdübel German
- dübeln German
- deuvel Dutch, Flemish
- douelle French
- дюбель Russian
- dovela Spanish, Castilian
- *dʰandʰəlo- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰel- Proto-Indo-European
- *daljō Proto-Germanic
- *dubilaz Proto-Germanic
- *dulją Proto-Germanic
- dule Middle English
- doelle Old French
- dovella Catalan, Valencian
- *duevel Middle Dutch
- դանդաղ Old Armenian
- dübel Turkish
- tübel Middle High German
- dövel Middle Low German
- *duli, *dullī, *dollī Frankish
- *dulja Frankish