Where does “maisel” come from?

maisel (Tok Pisin) comes from German Meißel, from Middle High German meizel, from Old High German meizil, from Proto-Germanic maitilaz — chisel.

maisel (Tok Pisin): chisel

Definitions

  1. chisel

Ancestry of “maisel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMeißelchisel
2Middle High Germanmeizel—
3Old High Germanmeizil—
4Proto-Germanicmaitilazchisel
Every word from Proto-Germanic maitilaz →Every word from Old High German meizil →Every word from Middle High German meizel →