esel

See also:Esel,əsəl,andæsel

Afrikaans

Etymology

FromDutchezel,fromMiddle Dutchēsel,fromOld Dutchesil,fromProto-West Germanic*asil,fromLate Latinasellus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈɪə.səl/

• Audio:

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Noun

esel(pluralesels,diminutiveeseltjie)

1. donkey,ass

   Synonym:donkie

2. easel(frame used by artistic painters and draughtspeople)

Derived terms

• eselin

Descendants

• →Sotho:esele
• →Xhosa:i-esile

Cornish

Etymology

FromProto-Celtic*asselī.CompareBretonezelandIrishesel.

Noun

eselm(pluraleseli)

1. limb
2. member

Hungarian

Etymology

esik+‎-el

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈɛʃɛl]
• Hyphenation:esel

Verb

esel

1. second-personsingularindicativepresentindefiniteofesik

Middle Dutch

Etymology

FromOld Dutchesil,fromLate Latinasellus.

Noun

ēselm

1. donkey
2. fool,idiot

Inflection

This noun needs aninflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch:ezel
  • Afrikaans:esel
    • →Sotho:esele
    • →Xhosa:i-esile
  • →English:easel
  • Negerhollands:esel
• Limburgish:aezel

Further reading

• “esel”,inVroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek,2000
• Verwijs, E.,Verdam, J.(1885–1929) “esel”,inMiddelnederlandsch Woordenboek,The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff,→ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

BorrowedfromMiddle Low Germanesel,fromOld Saxonesil,from lateProto-West Germanic*asil,fromLatinasellus.

Noun

eseln(definite singulareseletoreslet,indefinite pluraleseloresler,definite pluraleslaoreslene)

1. adonkeyorass(a domestic or wild animal)

Anagrams

• -else,esle,lees,lese,sele

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

BorrowedfromMiddle Low Germanesel,fromOld Saxonesil,from lateProto-West Germanic*asil,fromLatinasellus.

Noun

eseln(definite singulareselet,indefinite pluralesel,definite pluralesla)

1. adonkeyorass