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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þehslō

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ-ló-s, or *tétḱ-dʰlo-m, with cluster simplification, both from *tetḱ- (“to cut, hew; to create”). Cognate with Old Irish tál (“adze”), Proto-Slavic *tesla (“adze”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈθɛx.slɔː/

Noun

*þehslō f[1]

  1. adze
    Synonym: *adisô

Inflection
ō-stemDeclension of *þehslō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *þehslō *þehslôz
vocative *þehslō *þehslôz
accusative *þehslǭ *þehslōz
genitive *þehslōz *þehslǫ̂
dative *þehslōi *þehslōmaz
instrumental *þehslō *þehslōmiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *þēhslu
    • Old Saxon: thehsla, *thēhsla
      • Middle Low German: dēsele, dessel, deissel
    • Old Dutch: *thēhsala
      • Middle Dutch: diessel, diechsel
    • Old High German: dēhsala
  • Old Norse: þexla
    • Icelandic: þexla
    • Norwegian: teksla
    • Swedish: täxla

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*þexs(a)lōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 419
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