asciola

Latin

Etymology

From ascia (“axe”) +‎ -ola (diminutive ending). Attested in Isidore's Etymologiae.

Noun

asciola f (genitive asciolae); first declension (Late Latin)

1. adze (cutting tool)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	asciola	asciolae
Genitive	asciolae	asciolārum
Dative	asciolae	asciolīs
Accusative	asciolam	asciolās
Ablative	asciolā	asciolīs
Vocative	asciola	asciolae

Descendants

• North Italian:
  • Piedmontese: assul
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: aixola
  • Franco-Provençal: essoula
  • Old Bourguignon: assoule
  • Old Franc-Comtois: essole
  • Occitan: aissòla
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: ixuela, xuela, axuela, axuelo, xuelo

    Ribagorçan: ixuela, eixola, eixol, aixuela

  • Old Galician-Portuguese: *aixoa
    • Galician: aixola, aixó, aixoa, anxola, eixola
    • Portuguese: enxó
  • Old Spanish: açuela
    • Spanish: azuela
  • → Basque: aizkora

References

• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “azuela”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 438
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “asciŏla”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 424