Beil

Mane

Têgeh

Hevwate

Werger

Notes

Extra tools

(Îngilîzî)

axe, hatchet

Pircarînî

Basel-Landschaft (de)

beiel

Basel-Landschaft (de)

beil

Agahiyên ji hêla: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/baɪ̯l/

Ji Middle High German mîras hatiye girtin

Ji Old High German mîras hatiye girtin

Hevwate bi Bavarian

Hevwate bi holendî

Hevwate bi almanî

Hevwate bi Middle High German

Hevwate bi Old English

In summary

From Middle High German bīl, bīhel, from Old High German bīhal (whence also Bavarian Beichl), attested (in the form witubil) since the 8th century, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bíþla- (“axe”), instrumental noun from *bītaną (“to bite”). Compare Dutch bijl. Conflated early on with Proto-Germanic *bilją and its descendants (German Bille). (Kluge mentioned that, in his day, a relationship to Bicke / Middle High German bicke (“pickaxe”) — compare Old English becca (“pickaxe”) — could not be ruled out.)