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

axe

Inflection

Declension 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