gesel

From Middle Dutch gêssle, gêsele. The atypical -s-, rather than -z-, points at Old Dutch *gēsl(a), where the -s- was directly followed by the -l-, instead of by a vowel, blocking the s → z sound change, from Proto-Germanic *gaisilaz, from *gaizaz (“spear”) + *-ilaz (suffix deriving names of tools). The loss of the middle syllable was a common change among the Germanic languages, and can also be seen in *karilaz → *karlaz (whence Charles). Cognate with German Geißel.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣeːsəl/

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• Hyphenation: ge‧sel

gesel m (plural gesels or geselen)

1. scourge (a whip often of leather)

   De gevangene werd geslagen met een gesel.

   The prisoner was flogged with a scourge.

   Gesel Gods

   Scourge of God

gesel

1. inflection of geselen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

• geels

gêsel

1. genitive dual/plural of geslo