yawl
English
/jɔːl/
noun
Definitions
- A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.
- A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen stepped abaft the rudder post.
Etymology
Derived from Middle Low German jolle (dinghy) derived from Dutch, Flemish jol derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlos (tube, hole).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂ewlos
Gloss
tube, hole
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- yawlsman English
- alvarium Latin
- alvarius Latin
- alvus Latin
- alvo Italian
- jol Dutch, Flemish
- αὐλός Ancient Greek
- *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ewlos Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰer- Proto-Indo-European
- yawl Manx
- hollohem Albanian
- holloj Albanian
- hollë Albanian
- jolle Middle Low German
- aulas Lithuanian
- jolle Low German
- *skāla Proto-Albanian
- *aul- Proto-Balto-Slavic