*adisô

Runic: ᚨᛞᛁᛊᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈɑ.ði.sɔːː/

noun · masculine · an-stem

Meanings

adze; a woodworking tool with the cutting edge set roughly at right angles to the handle

Etymology

Possibly from pre-Germanic *h₃odʰ-és-on-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃edʰés-ō ~ *h₃edʰs-nés, perhaps ultimately a tool noun from a poorly attested root *h₃edʰ- (Kroonen 2013: 2). The only potential extra-Germanic cognate is Hittite 𒀀𒋼𒌍𒊭 (a-te-eš-ša /atešša-/) (Mallory & Adams 1997: 37; Pinault 2019a: 306; Puhvel 1984: 227–28). The comparison is attractive but slender: within Germanic the word is essentially Old English only, so the Proto-Germanic reconstruction depends heavily on the Hittite match rather than on broad Germanic distribution.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.adisôadisaniz
Acc.adisanųadisanunz
Gen.adisinizadisanǫ̂
Dat.adisiniadisammaz
Inst.adisinēadisammiz
Voc.adisôadisaniz

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Descendants

  • *adisō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • adesa, eadesa (Old English)
      • adse (Middle English)
        • adze (English)
        • eetch (Scots)

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