Fessel
See also: fessel
German
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editFessel f (genitive Fessel, plural Fesseln)
Declension
editDeclension of Fessel [feminine]
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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