Where does “chisel” come from?

chisel (Middle English) comes from Old English ċeosel, from Proto-West Germanic kisil — pebble, gravel.

chisel (Middle English): Any of several cutting tools used by stone masons

Definitions

  1. Any of several cutting tools used by stone masons

Ancestry of “chisel”, step by step

chisel traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English ċeosel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishċeosel—
2Proto-West Germanickisilpebble, gravel

via Anglo-Norman chisel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normanchisel—

via Anglo-Norman cisel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normancisel—

Words derived from “chisel”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic kisil →Every word from Old English ċeosel →