cisel

See also: čišel, and čísel

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.sel/, [ˈt͡ʃi.zel]

Noun

ċisel m

1. Alternative form of ċeosol

Declension

Declension of ċisel (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ċisel	ċiselas
accusative	ċisel	ċiselas
genitive	ċiseles	ċisela
dative	ċisele	ċiselum

Old French

Alternative forms

• chisel (northern)

Etymology

Likely from cisoir with a change in suffix to -el.

Pronunciation

• (classical) IPA^(key): /t͡siˈzɛl/, (northern) /t͡ʃiˈzɛl/

Noun

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)

1. cutting tool, chisel

Descendants

• 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

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*caesellum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 40