cisel

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See also: čísel

Old English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.sel/, [ˈt͡ʃi.zel]

Noun[edit]

ċisel m

Alternative form of ċeosol

Declension[edit]

Declension of cisel (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ċisel	ċiselas
accusative	ċisel	ċiselas
genitive	ċiseles	ċisela
dative	ċisele	ċiselum

Old French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

chisel (northern)

Etymology[edit]

Likely from cisoir with a change in suffix to -el.^[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

(classical) IPA^(key): /t͡siˈzɛl/, (northern) /t͡ʃiˈzɛl/

Noun[edit]

cisel oblique singular, m (oblique plural ciseaus or ciseax or cisiaus or cisiax or cisels, nominative singular ciseaus or ciseax or cisiaus or cisiax or cisels, nominative plural cisel)

cutting tool, chisel

Descendants[edit]

French: ciseau
Norman: chîsé

Borrowings:

→ British Isles
- Middle English: chisel, chesel, chiseel, chesell, chisal, chesal
  - English: chisel
  - Yola: chisool
→ S. France
- Occitan: cisèl, ciseu
  - →? Piedmontese: sisèl
→ Iberia
- Catalan: cisell
- Portuguese: cinzel
- Spanish: cincel
→ Italy
- Italian: cesello
  - →? Friulian: cesel

References[edit]

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*caesellum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 40

^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “cincel”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 83

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