dyowl

Cornish

Alternative forms

• jowl

Etymology

From Middle Cornish dyawl, from Old Cornish diauol, from Proto-Brythonic *diaβul, borrowed from Latin diabolus. Compare Breton diaoul, Welsh diawl.

Noun

dyowl m (plural dyowlow or dywolow)

1. devil

Usage notes

• Mutates irregularly to jowl after the words an and unn. The plural form is unaffected.

Derived terms

• dyowles (“she-devil”)

Mutation

  Mutation of dyowl  

Cornish consonant mutation
unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
dyowl	dhyowl	unchanged	tyowl	tyowl	tyowl