Fessel

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German vezzel, Old High German fezzil (“band for fastening and holding the sword”), from Proto-Germanic *fatilaz, from the root of *fatōną (“to hold, seize”). Cognate with Old Norse fetill (“band, bandage, sword-belt”), Old English fetel (“sword-belt”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɛsl̩/ === Noun === Fessel f (genitive Fessel, plural Fesseln) fetter, shackle pastern ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === “Fessel”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Fessel” in Duden online