esil
Old Saxon
noun
Definitions
- donkey (a domestic animal)
Etymology
Inherited from *asil (donkey) derived from Latin asellus (small young donkey, little donkey, young ass small donkey, young donkey).
Origin
Latin
asellus
Gloss
small young donkey, little donkey, young ass small donkey, young donkey
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Asellius Latin
- asellus Latin
- asinus Latin
- Assel German
- Esel German
- esel Norwegian Bokmål
- *asiluz Proto-Germanic
- esel Norwegian Nynorsk
- esol Old English
- asal Irish
- æsel Danish
- *osьlъ Proto-Slavic
- esel Middle Dutch
- esil Old High German
- asal Old Irish
- asal Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- 𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- *asil gmw-pro
- eesel Estonian
- esil Old Dutch
- esel Middle Low German
- asål Polabian