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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fatil, from Proto-Germanic *fatilaz, whence also Old High German fezzil, Old Norse fetill.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfe.tel/

Noun

fetel m

girdle, belt

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	fetel	fetelas
accusative	fetel	fetelas
genitive	feteles	fetela
dative	fetele	fetelum

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	fetel	fetlas
accusative	fetel	fetlas
genitive	fetles	fetla
dative	fetle	fetlum

Derived terms

fetelhilt
*fetlian
- Middle English: fetlen
  - English: fettle
  - Scots: fettle

Descendants

Middle English: *fetel
- English: fettle (dialectal)
- Scots: fettel (possibly from Old Norse fetill)

Welsh

Noun

fetel

soft mutation of metel

Mutation

Mutated forms of *metel*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
metel	fetel	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fetel