awl
English
/ɔːl/, /ɔl/, /ɑl/
noun
Definitions
- A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler's awl, shoemaker's awl, etc.
- (entomology) Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English aul inherited from Old English ǣl (eel) inherited from *ālu inherited from Proto-Germanic *ēlō inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ólos (awl).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁ólos
Gloss
awl
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- awlet English
- awllike English
- awlwort English
- brad English
- bradawl English
- wort English
- ora Finnish
- orahytykkä Finnish
- orakas Finnish
- oralehti Finnish
- orapaatsama Finnish
- orapihlaja Finnish
- oras Finnish
- oratuomi Finnish
- Ahle German
- Aalsmeer Dutch, Flemish
- aal Dutch, Flemish
- aalbes Dutch, Flemish
- aalfuik Dutch, Flemish
- aalgeer Dutch, Flemish
- aalglad Dutch, Flemish
- aalkorf Dutch, Flemish
- aalkuip Dutch, Flemish
- aalpomp Dutch, Flemish
- aalput Dutch, Flemish
- aalschaar Dutch, Flemish
- aalscholver Dutch, Flemish
- aalspeer Dutch, Flemish
- aalstal Dutch, Flemish
- aalsteker Dutch, Flemish
- aalstreep Dutch, Flemish
- aalsvel Dutch, Flemish
- aalvlug Dutch, Flemish
- aalvork Dutch, Flemish
- aalvormig Dutch, Flemish
- azijnaal Dutch, Flemish
- beefaal Dutch, Flemish
- glasaal Dutch, Flemish
- sidderaal Dutch, Flemish
- trilaal Dutch, Flemish
- zandaal Dutch, Flemish
- lezna Spanish, Castilian
- *h₁ólos Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁ólos, *h₁óleh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *alaz Proto-Germanic
- *alisnō Proto-Germanic
- *ēlaz Proto-Germanic
- *ēlō Proto-Germanic
- ǣl Old English
- आरा Sanskrit
- aul Middle English
- ele Middle English
- आरा Hindi
- âel Middle Dutch
- ala Old High German
- āla Old High German
- āle Middle High German
- *ālu gmw-pro
- *ora Proto-Finnic
- aala Cimbrian
- *Hā́raH Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *Hā́raH Proto-Indo-Aryan
- ar Kalasha
- આર Vaghri