hemmel

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɛməl/ === Etymology 1 === From Scots hemmel, hammel, dialectal English hemble (“hovel, stable, shed”), perhaps allied to Dutch hemel (“heaven, canopy”), German Himmel. Compare English heaven. ==== Noun ==== hemmel (plural hemmels) (UK, dialect, Northumbria) A shed or hovel for cattle. ==== References ==== “hemmel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Etymology 2 === Compare dialectal Swedish hammel (“little bar or beam”). ==== Noun ==== hemmel (plural hemmels) (UK, dialect, Yorkshire) A handrail, especially one fitted on one side of a planked or wooden bridge. == Middle Low German == === Alternative forms === hēmel === Etymology === From Old Saxon himil. === Pronunciation === (uncertain) IPA(key): /hemːəl/ or IPA(key): /hɛmːəl/ === Noun === hemmel m heaven, sky ==== Declension ==== This noun needs an inflection-table template. ==== Descendants ==== German Low German: Ostfriesisch (East Frisian Low Saxon): Hemel, Himmel Westphalian: Dortmundisch: Hiəmel Lippisch, Ravensbergisch, Westmünsterländisch: Hemmel Sauerländisch: Hiemel, Heämel (Wenden) Westmünsterländisch: Himmel Plautdietsch: Himmel → Norwegian: himmel → Old Swedish: himil Swedish: himmel → Finnish: himmeli → Old Danish: *himæl Danish: himmel → Gutnish: himmel