*þehsulǭ

Runic: ᚦᛖᚺᛊᚢᛚᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈθex.su.lɔ̃ː/

noun · feminine · ōn-stem

Meanings

axe

From *þehs- (‘to hew; hackle’), from Proto-Indo-European *teḱs- (‘weaponry’). Cognate with Latin tēlum (‘throwing axe, weapon, spear’).

*þehsulā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *thehsal (Old Dutch)
  - dessel, dissel, diessel (Middle Dutch)
    - dissel (Dutch)
      - dissel (Afrikaans)
*þehsulā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *þeoxle (Old English)
  - thyxyl, thyxylle, thixil, tyxhyl (Middle English)
*þehsulā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *thioxel, *thiuxel (Old Frisian)
  - Tjuksel (Saterland Frisian)
  - tsjoksel (West Frisian)
*þehsulā (Proto-West Germanic)
- dehsala, dehsila (Old High German)
  - dëhsel, dihsel (Middle High German)
    - Dechsel (German)
      - diksel (Danish)
*þehsulā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *thehsala (Old Saxon)
  - desle, dessele, dessel, dēssel, deissel (Middle Low German)
þexla (Old Norse)
- þexla (Icelandic)
- teksel (Norwegian Bokmål)
- teksla (Norwegian Nynorsk)
- tängsla, täxla (Swedish)
þexla (Old Norse)
- þæxla (Old Danish)
  - tenxle, tængsel, tengsel, tingsel (Danish)