Where does “cisel” come from?

cisel (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin cisellum, from Latin caesellum, from Latin caesus, from Latin caedō, from Proto-Italic kaidō, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂id-.

cisel (Old French): pair of scissors

Definitions

  1. pair of scissors

Ancestry of “cisel”, step by step

cisel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vulgar Latin cisellum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latincisellum—
2Latincaesellum—
3Latincaesuscut, hewn, felled; struck, beaten; killed
4Latincaedōto cut, hew, fell
5Proto-Italickaidōto cut, to hew, to fell
6Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂id-—

via Old French cisoir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcisoircutting tool
2Latincīsōriumcutting instrument

Words derived from “cisel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂id- →Every word from Proto-Italic kaidō →Every word from Latin caedō →