Etymograph

English

scissel

Scissel comes from French cisailler ‘to clip with shears’, from cisailles ‘scissors’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- ‘to cut, hew’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂eyd-1‘to cut, hew’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂éydeti1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kaidō1‘to cut, hew, fell’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcaedō2as caedere‘to cut, hew’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcaesus2‘cut, hewn, felled’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcaesaculum2
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentcisailles2‘scissors’
  8. Frenchc. 1600–presentcisailler2‘to clip with shears’
  9. Englishtodayscissel2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin caedo
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English scissel

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂eyd-Wiktionary, Latin caedo‘to cut, hew’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂éydetiWiktionary, Latin caedoreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kaidōWiktionary, Latin caedo‘to cut, hew, fell’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcaedōWiktionary, English scisselas caedere‘to cut, hew’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcaesusWiktionary, English scissel‘cut, hewn, felled’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcaesaculumWiktionary, English scissel
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentcisaillesWiktionary, English scissel‘scissors’
  8. Frenchc. 1600–presentcisaillerWiktionary, English scissel‘to clip with shears’
  9. EnglishtodayscisselWiktionary, English scissel

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- ‘to cut, hew’

hit, 27 more

through Latin caedō ‘to cut, hew’

decision, cement, precise, circumcision, concise, incision, incisive, excision, chisel, caesium, incisor, 25 more

Today it means

noun Metal scraps or clippings; especially the remains of fillets from which coin blanks have been cut.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “scissel”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin caedo. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- / scissel

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