Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þehsulǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

• *þehsalǭ, *þehslǭ

Etymology

From *þehs- (“to hew; hackle”), from Proto-Indo-European *teḱs- (“weaponry”). Cognate with Latin tēlum (“throwing axe, weapon, spear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθex.sɑlɔ̃ː/

Noun

*þehsulǭ f

1. axe

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *þehsulǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*þehsulǭ	*þehsulōniz
vocative	*þehsulǭ	*þehsulōniz
accusative	*þehsulōnų	*þehsulōnunz
genitive	*þehsulōniz	*þehsulōnǫ̂
dative	*þehsulōni	*þehsulōmaz
instrumental	*þehsulōnē	*þehsulōmiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *þehsulā
  • Old English: *þeoxle
    • Middle English: thyxyl, thyxylle, thixil, tyxhyl
  • Old Frisian: *thioxel, *thiuxel
    • Saterland Frisian: Tjuksel
    • West Frisian: tsjoksel
  • Old Saxon: *thehsala
    • Middle Low German: desle, dessele, dessel, dēssel, deissel
  • Old Dutch: *thehsal
    • Middle Dutch: dessel, dissel, diessel
      • Dutch: dissel
        • Afrikaans: dissel
  • Old High German: dehsala, dehsila
    • Middle High German: dëhsel, dihsel
      • German: Dechsel
        • → Danish: diksel
• Old Norse: þexla
  • Icelandic: þexla
  • Swedish: tängsla, täxla (dialectal)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: teksel
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: teksla
  • Old Danish: þæxla
    • Danish: tenxle, tængsel, tengsel, tingsel