ueil

Old French

Alternative forms

• oeil, oel, oil, ol, uel

Etymology

First known attestation circa 980 as ol. From Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈu͡ɛʎ/

Noun

ueil oblique singular, m (oblique plural ialz, nominative singular ialz, nominative plural ueil)

1. (anatomy) eye

Descendants

• Bourguignon: euïl
• Champenois: euil
• Franc-Comtois: ouil
• Gallo: oélh
• Middle French: œil (see there for further descendants)
• Norman: uû
• Picard: euil, ziu
• Poitevin-Saintongeais: éll
• Walloon: iy, ouy