cisel

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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