Etymology

chessil

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Today it means: gravel or pebbles Full definition →

Middle English chisel ← Old English ċeosel ← Proto-West Germanic *kesul
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The story

  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*kesul“gravel, pebble”
  2. Old English · inherited fromċeosel
  3. Middle English · inherited fromchisel
  4. English todaychessil

From Middle English chisel, chesil, from Old English ċeosel, ċisel (“gravel, sand”), from Proto-West Germanic *kesul (“gravel, pebble”).

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishchisel all →

chisel

Proto-West Germanic*kesul all →

chisel

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.