From Proto-Celtic *ɸīsselos, from *ɸīssu (“under”), from Proto-Indo-European *pedsú, locative plural of *pṓds (“foot”). Cognate with Welsh isel.

• IPA^(key): /ˈizɛl/

isel (comparative isella, superlative an isella)

1. low
2. lowly, vulgar
3. soft (of sound)

isel

1. alternative spelling of ísel

isel

1. lizard

• Peter S Piispanen, Languages in Contact: Dagur and Solon, 2019.

From Middle Welsh isel, from Proto-Celtic *ɸīsselos, from *ɸīssu (“under”), from Proto-Indo-European *pedsú, locative plural of *pṓds (“foot”). Cognate with Old Irish ísel.

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈɪsɛl/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈɪsal/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈiːsɛl/, /ˈɪsɛl/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈiːʃɛl/, /ˈɪʃɛl/

isel (feminine singular isel, plural isel, equative ised, comparative is, superlative isaf)

1. low