uncail
Irish (Donegal)
[ˈʊŋkəlʲ], [ˈuːŋkəlʲ]
noun
Definitions
- uncle
Etymology
Borrowed from English uncle derived from uncle derived from Old French oncle derived from Latin avunculus (maternal uncle, little grandfather, mother's brother, uncle, mothers brother) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (grandfather, maternal uncle, maternal grandfather, adult male relative other than one's father, descendant, maternal grandfather uncle, relative).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂éwh₂os
Gloss
grandfather, maternal uncle, maternal grandfather, adult male relative other than one's father, descendant, maternal grandfather uncle, relative
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
爺
Emoji
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
- avus Latin
- Onkel German
- avunculaire French
- oncle French
- *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂euh₂-n-tlo Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂éwh₂os Proto-Indo-European
- onkel Norwegian Bokmål
- *awahaimaz Proto-Germanic
- *awǭ Proto-Germanic
- onkel Norwegian Nynorsk
- uncle Middle English
- oncle Old French
- onklo Esperanto
- अंकल Hindi
- unchi Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- uncail Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- aonclle Norman
- oncl'ye Norman
- အန်ကယ် Burmese
- ungj Albanian
- oncle Middle French
- *awontīr Proto-Celtic
- avynas Lithuanian
- uncle xno
- ʻanakala Hawaiian
- āwe Tocharian B
- 𒄷𒄴𒄩𒀸 Hittite
- angkel Bislama
- awis Old Prussian
- ankel Torres Strait Creole