esel

== Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch ezel, from Middle Dutch ēsel, from Old Dutch esil, from Proto-West Germanic *asil, from Late Latin asellus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɪə.səl/ === Noun === esel (plural esels, diminutive eseltjie) donkey, ass Synonym: donkie easel (frame used by artistic painters and draughtspeople) ==== Derived terms ==== eselin ==== Descendants ==== → Sotho: esele → Xhosa: i-esile == Cornish == === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *asselī. Compare Breton ezel and Irish esel. === Noun === esel m (plural eseli) limb member == Hungarian == === Etymology === esik +‎ -el === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɛʃɛl] Hyphenation: esel === Verb === esel second-person singular indicative present indefinite of esik == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch esil, from Late Latin asellus. === Noun === ēsel m donkey fool, idiot ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: ezelAfrikaans: esel→ Sotho: esele→ Xhosa: i-esile→ English: easelNegerhollands: esel Limburgish: aezel === Further reading === “esel”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “esel”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle Low German esel, from Old Saxon esil, from late Proto-West Germanic *asil, from Latin asellus. === Noun === esel n (definite singular eselet or eslet, indefinite plural esel or esler, definite plural esla or eslene) a donkey or ass (a domestic or wild animal) === Anagrams === -else, esle, lees, lese, sele == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle Low German esel, from Old Saxon esil, from late Proto-West Germanic *asil, from Latin asellus. === Noun === esel n (definite singular eselet, indefinite plural esel, definite plural esla) a donkey or ass