| Proto-Celtic |
*swelos = to turn |
| Old Irish (Goídelc) |
sel = a turn, a while, a spell
dessel = sunwise, clockwise
túaithbel = anticlockwise, widdershins, lefthandwise |
| Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg) |
sel, seal = a turn, a time, a while
dessel, deisell, dessiul = direction of the sun, right-hand course, sunwise, clockwise
túaithbel, tuaithbil, tuaithbiul = against the sun, withershins, lefthandwise |
| Irish (Gaeilge) |
seal [ˈʃal̪ˠ] = turn, while, spell, span
sealad = turn, while, space of time
sealadach = temporary, provisional
sealaíocht = (act of) alternating, taking turns, alternation
deiseal [ˈdʲeʃəlˠ] = righthand direction, direction of the sun, clockwise, sunwise
tuathal [ˈt̪ˠuəhəl̪ˠ] = anticlockwise, counterclockwise |
| Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) |
seal [ʃal̪ˠ] = while, space of time
sealach [ʃal̪ˠəx] = temporary, transient, transitory
sealad [ʃal̪ˠəd] = while, period of time
sealadach [ʃal̪ˠədəx] = transitional, transitory, caretaker, provisional
sealaidheachd [ʃal̪ʲɪjəxg] = course of time, transitoriness, relay
sealan [ʃal̪ˠan] = a little/short while
deiseal [dʲeʃal] = clockwise, facing south, finished, ready, poised, prepared, handy, dexterous
tuathal [tuəhəl̪ˠ] = anticlockwise, counterclockwise, unlucky, ill-omened, confused, agitated, disorien(ta)ted |
| Manx (Gaelg) |
shalee = design, intention, project, purpose, pursuit, quest
shayll = piece of work, spell, turn
shallidagh = provisional, provisory, temporary, transient, interim
jeshal = clockwise |
| Proto-Brythonic |
*hwel = (?) |
| Old Welsh (Kembraec) |
chwel, cheil = turn, course, period |
| Middle Welsh (Kymraec) |
chwyl = turn of events, course, destiny
whel = turn, course, period
chwilyaw, chwiliaw, chwilio = to search, seek, trace, investigate, examine, rummage, ransack, try |
| Welsh (Cymraeg) |
chwŷl [χwɨːl / χwiːl] = turn of events, course, destiny
chwyl(i)ad = a turning round, roation, revolution
chwyl(i)o = to revolve, rotate, turn around
chwêl = turn, course, period, while, commotion, disturbance
chwilio [ˈχwɪljɔ / ˈχwɪljɔ] = to search, seek, trace, investigate, examine, rummage, ransack, try
chwiliadur = search engine
chwiliedydd = searcher, examiner, investigator
chwiliwr = searcher, investigator, examiner, trier, inquirer, spy, inquisitor
chwilys = inquisition
chwilyswr = inquisitor
chwiliota(f) = to rummage, pry, grope for, grabble, pilfer |
| Middle Cornish (Cernewec) |
chwila, whela(s), hwila(s), hwillaz = to seek, to seach for
hwiliog a searcher, seeker, conjuror |
| Cornish (Kernewek) |
hwilas [‘ʍilas / ‘ʍilɐz] = to seek, look for, attempt, try, search
hwilerbownder, hwiler hyns = pathfinder
hwilreseger = orienteer
hwilresek = orienteering
hwilva = laboratory |
| Middle Breton (Brezonec) |
chouilia = to search, look for |
| Breton (Brezhoneg) |
hoal = age, ascendancy, attractiveness
hoal-vat = happiness, prosperity
hoalad = career, era, epoc, period
hoaladur = delectation
hoalat = to seduce, to delight
holc’hiñ = to search |
