Lemizh / English dictionary

gwlàk.

to make coal

gwlykhÌc. carbon (symbol: Α)

Etymology

gender change of
< NLem gwel‑a
< LMLem gwèl‑yr
< MLem gweel‑yr
< OLem gwēl‑
< PLem *gwēl‑
< PIE *g̑u̯élh₁‑os, zero-affix noun of
  PIE *g̑u̯elh₁‑ ‘burn, blaze’

doublet of gwlà.

Cognates

Ved jválati ‘burn’, Lit žvỹla ‘glitter’