æx
Old English
noun
Definitions
- an axe, used as a weapon or cutting-tool
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *akwisī derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷs-ih₂- (axe).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂egʷs-ih₂-
Gloss
axe
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- axe English
- ascia Latin
- Axt German
- Streitaxt German
- aaks Dutch, Flemish
- ἀξίνη Ancient Greek
- *h₂egʷs-ih₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂egʷsih₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- øks Norwegian Bokmål
- *akwisī Proto-Germanic
- yxa Swedish
- øks Norwegian Nynorsk
- ax Middle English
- axe Middle English
- extre Middle English
- øx Old Norse
- øxi Old Norse
- økse Danish
- öxi Icelandic
- αξίνα Greek (modern)
- ξινάρι Greek (modern)
- aex Middle Dutch
- ackus Old High German
- øks Faroese
- 𐌰𐌵𐌹𐌶𐌹 Gothic
- akes Middle Low German
- akus Old Saxon
- yğsa Scanian