Esel

From Old High German esil, from Proto-Germanic *asiluz, a borrowing from Late Latin asellus.

Esel m

1. (Uri) ass, donkey

• “Esel” in Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 76.

From Middle High German esel, from Old High German esil, from late Proto-Germanic *asiluz, which is borrowed from Late Latin asellus.

• IPA^(key): /ʔeːzl̩/

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Esel m (genitive Esels, plural Esel, diminutive Eselchen n or Eselein n, feminine Eselin)

1. ass, donkey

• der Esel geht immer voran
• der Esel nennt sich immer zuerst
• ein Esel schilt den andern Langohr
• Eselsbrücke f
• Goldesel
• Eselsohr

• → Estonian: eesel (or from Middle Low German)
• → Lower Sorbian: ezel
• → Tok Pisin: esel

• Esel in Duden online

Compare German Esel, Dutch ezel.

Esel m (plural Esel)

1. ass, mule

• Langohr