Fessel

See also: fessel

German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German vezzel, Old High German fezzil (“band for fastening and holding the sword”), from Proto-Germanic *fatilaz, from the root of *fatōną. Cognate with Old Norse fetill (“band, bandage, sword-belt”), Old English fetel (“sword-belt”).^[1]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈfɛsl̩/
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Noun edit

Fessel f (genitive Fessel, plural Fesseln)

fetter, shackle
pastern

Declension edit

Declension of Fessel [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Fessel	die	Fesseln
genitive	einer	der	Fessel	der	Fesseln
dative	einer	der	Fessel	den	Fesseln
accusative	eine	die	Fessel	die	Fesseln

References edit

^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Fessel”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading edit

“Fessel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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