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fasel

The English word “fasel” has 2 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To unravel or become frayed.
  2. To become confused or ravelled.

Etymology

From Middle English faselen (“to fray”), from fasel (“frayed”, adjective) and fasel (“a frayed edge or border, fringe”, noun), probably a diminutive of Middle English fas (“fringe”), from Old English fæs (“fringe”). Compare Dutch vezel (“fibre, filament”), German faseln (“to ravel out, ramble”). Doublet of pizzle.

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