oncle
French
noun
Definitions
- uncle
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French oncle inherited from Old French oncle inherited from Latin (av)unclus, avunculus (maternal uncle, little grandfather, mother's brother, uncle, mothers brother) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂euh₂-n-tlo (little grandfather).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂euh₂-n-tlo
Gloss
little grandfather
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- avuncular English
- avunculicide English
- co-uncle English
- granduncle English
- great-uncle English
- step-uncle English
- stepuncle English
- uncle English
- uncle-in-law English
- uncledom English
- unclefucker English
- unclehood English
- uncleji English
- uncleless English
- unclely English
- uncleship English
- uncley English
- unclie English
- unclish English
- uncly English
- (av)unclus Latin
- *(av)unclus Latin
- *aunclum Latin
- *unclus Latin
- avunculus Latin
- avunculus, avunculum Latin
- avus Latin
- Erbonkel German
- Großonkel German
- Onkel German
- onkelhaft German
- nonkel Dutch, Flemish
- avunculaire French
- *h₂euh₂-n-tlo Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂éwh₂os Proto-Indo-European
- onkel Norwegian Bokmål
- onkel Norwegian Nynorsk
- uncle Middle English
- uncail Irish
- onkel Danish
- oncle Old French
- geonklo Esperanto
- onklino Esperanto
- onklo Esperanto
- oĉjo Esperanto
- prageonklo Esperanto
- praonklo Esperanto
- अंकल Hindi
- unchi Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- onklo Ido
- uncail Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- aonclle Norman
- oncl'ye Norman
- အန်ကယ် Burmese
- ungj Albanian
- oncle Middle French
- אָנקל Yiddish
- oncle Occitan
- uncle xno
- ʻanakala Hawaiian
- angkel Bislama
- ankel Torres Strait Creole