Heel

heel hééł English Proper noun A part of Maasgouw in the Netherlands Anagrams en eehl Ehle Hele hele en Netherlands Dutch Etymology First attested as nl la Pagus la Catvual between the 1st and 4th century. Compound derived from nl gem-pro *haþu- battle and gem-pro *walla wall, either as a nl cel - 1 term or as an originally nl gem - term that was calqued into Celtic. Alternative hypotheses propose a Latin origin of the toponym or a derivation from the demonym of an otherwise unknown tribe. Compare nl Heerle and nl Heerlen. See also li Hael. Pronunciation nl /ɦeːl/ nl Nl-heel.ogg nl Heel nl eːl 1 nl heel Proper noun n nl village/and/former municipality mun/Maasgouw p/Limburg c/Netherlands nl Gangmaekersriek Carnival nickname Derived terms nl Panheel nl Heel en Panheel References Luxembourgish Etymology From an underlying lb gmh *höuwel, from the verb gmh houwen, whence lb haen to hit, chop; derived either directly from the verb with the tool suffix gmh -el or as a diminutive of the noun gmh houwe, from lb goh houwa hoe, related to the verb goh houwan to hew. Alternatively or additionally, the word could be from gmh *heiel, diminutive of gmh heie, from goh heia battering ram, since related words in gmw-cfr - also mean “ram; wooden hammer; masher of an oil press”. Pronunciation lb /heːl/ lb eːl 1 Noun m hoe (tool) lb Tools Plautdietsch Etymology From pdt gml - and pdt osx hol, from pdt gmw-pro *hol. Noun pdt noun f plural Heelen cave, cavern pdt 1-syllable words