esel

See also: Esel and æsel

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch ezel, from Middle Dutch ēsel, from Old Dutch esil, from Proto-West Germanic *asil, from Late Latin asellus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪə.səl/

Noun

esel (plural esels, diminutive eseltjie)

1. donkey, ass

   Synonym: donkie

2. easel (frame used by artistic painters and draughtspeople)

Derived terms

• eselin

Descendants

• → Sotho: esele

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Hungarian

Etymology

esik +‎ -el

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛʃɛl]
• Hyphenation: esel

Verb

esel

1. second-person singular indicative present indefinite of esik

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch esil, from Late Latin asellus.

Noun

ēsel m

1. donkey
2. fool, idiot

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: ezel
  • Afrikaans: esel
    • → Sotho: esele
  • → English: easel
  • Negerhollands: esel
• Limburgish: aezel

Further reading

• “esel”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “esel”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German esel, from Old Saxon esil, from late Proto-West Germanic *asil, from Latin asellus.

Noun

esel n (definite singular eselet or eslet, indefinite plural esel or esler, definite plural esla or eslene)

1. a donkey or ass (a domestic or wild animal)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German esel, from Old Saxon esil, from late Proto-West Germanic *asil, from Latin asellus.

Noun

esel n (definite singular eselet, indefinite plural esel, definite plural esla)

1. a donkey or ass