Where does “scissel” come from?
scissel (English) comes from French cisailles, from Old French cisaille, from Vulgar Latin cisac(u)la, from Latin caesacula, from Latin caesaculum, from Latin caesus, from Latin caedō, from Proto-Italic kaidō.
scissel (English): Metal scraps or clippings; especially the remains...
Definitions
- Metal scraps or clippings; especially the remains...
Ancestry of “scissel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | cisailles | shears, clippers; second-person singular present... |
| 2 | Old French | cisaille | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | cisac(u)la | — |
| 4 | Latin | caesacula | — |
| 5 | Latin | caesaculum | — |
| 6 | Latin | caesus | cut, hewn, felled; struck, beaten; killed |
| 7 | Latin | caedō | to cut, hew, fell |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kaidō | to cut, to hew, to fell |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂id- | — |