cisel

See also: čišel and čísel

Old English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.sel/, [ˈt͡ʃi.zel]

Noun

ċisel m

alternative form of ċeosol

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	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.^[1]

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)

cutting tool, chisel

Descendants

French: ciseau
Norman: chîsé
→ Catalan: cisell
→ Middle English: chisel, chesel, chiseel, chesell, chisal, chesal
- English: chisel
- Yola: chisool
→? Italian: cesello
- →? Friulian: cesel
→ Occitan: cisèl, ciseu
- →? Piedmontese: sisèl
→ Portuguese: cinzel
→ Spanish: cincel

References

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

^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “cincel”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 83

[1] Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “cincel”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 83

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