wheal
English
/wiːl/
noun
Definitions
- A small raised swelling on the skin, often itchy, caused by a blow from a whip or an insect bite etc.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English whele (wheel, boil) inherited from Old English *hwele (boil, sore).
Origin
Old English
*hwele
Gloss
boil, sore
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- wheal-worm English
- wheel English
- worm English
- *hwele Old English
- hwelca Old English
- hwelian Old English
- hwēogol Old English
- hwēol Old English
- whele Middle English
- whelebarow Middle English
- whelen Middle English
- wheler Middle English
- whelwryght Middle English
- whelyn Middle English
- quheil, quhel Scots