echel

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch echel, ēgele, from Old Dutch *egela, from Proto-West Germanic *egalu (“leech”). Related with egel (“hedgehog”). Cognate with German Egel (“leech”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛ.xəl/ Hyphenation: echel === Noun === echel f (plural echels, diminutive echeltje n) (dated) leech, in particular one species used in bloodletting, the European medical leech, Hirudo officinalis ==== Synonyms ==== (leech): bloedzuiger, laak == Welsh == === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *aksilā. Cognate with Latin axis. === Pronunciation === (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɛχɛl/ (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈeːχɛl/, /ˈɛχɛl/ Rhymes: -eːχɛl, -ɛχɛl === Noun === echel f (plural echelau or echelydd or echeli or echyl) axle (geometry, dated) axis Synonym: (more common) echelin ==== Derived terms ==== echelbin (“linchpin”) taflu rhywun oddi ar ei echel (“to throw off, to put off, to disconcert”, literally “to throw someone off their axle”) === Mutation === === References === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “echel”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies