Where does “-awl” come from?

-awl (Middle Welsh) comes from Proto-Celtic -ālos, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂los, from Proto-Indo-European -los — Forms diminutive nouns from noun stems.

-awl (Middle Welsh): added to nouns to form adjectives

Definitions

  1. added to nouns to form adjectives

Ancestry of “-awl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtic-ālosUsed to form adjectives from nouns
2Proto-Indo-European-eh₂los—
3Proto-Indo-European-losForms diminutive nouns from noun stems

Words derived from “-awl”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -los →Every word from Proto-Celtic -ālos →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂los →