tasel

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === tasell, tasil, tasille, tasul, tasylle, tazel, tesel, tesell, tesle, tesyll === Etymology === From Old English tǣsl, tǣsel, from Proto-West Germanic *taisilu; equivalent to tesen +‎ -el (agentive suffix). Forms with /a/, /aː/ are presumably from trisyllabic shortening in Old English inflected forms. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtaːzəl/, /ˈtazəl/, /ˈtɛːzəl/ === Noun === tasel (plural taseles) teasel (Dipsacus sativus) or a similar plant. Part of the teasel used to full cloth. ==== Descendants ==== English: teasel, teazle, teasle, teazel, tazel Scots: taisle, taissle, tassle ==== References ==== “tēsel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Welsh == === Alternative forms === tasl, tosl === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle English tassel. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtasɛl/ === Noun === tasel m (plural taselau or taseli) tassel Synonym: siobyn === Mutation === === Further reading === D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “tasel”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “tasel”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies