axle
English
/ˈæksəl/
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) Shoulder.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English axel inherited from Old English eaxl (armpit, shoulder) inherited from Proto-Germanic *ahslō (shoulder) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-l-eh₂.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂eḱs-l-eh₂
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- axilla English
- axis English
- axle guard English
- axlebox English
- axled English
- axleless English
- axleload English
- axletree English
- box English
- guard English
- interaxle English
- load English
- tree English
- triaxle English
- unaxled English
- akseli Finnish
- *ascetula Latin
- *axella Latin
- ascella Latin
- axilla Latin
- axillaris Latin
- axis Latin
- axungia Latin
- Achsel German
- Achselhöhle German
- Achselklappe German
- Achselstück German
- Achselzucken German
- Blattachsel German
- Ächselchen German
- asse Italian
- oksel Dutch, Flemish
- okselhaar Dutch, Flemish
- okselmouw Dutch, Flemish
- ais French
- axe French
- осевой Russian
- ось Russian
- полуось Russian
- axila Spanish, Castilian
- *aḱs- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eḱs- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eḱs-l-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- axila Portuguese
- eixo Portuguese
- áxis Portuguese
- *ahslō Proto-Germanic
- *ahsō Proto-Germanic
- axel Swedish
- axelhästkraft Swedish
- axelmakt Swedish
- axelryckning Swedish
- symmetriaxel Swedish
- vevaxel Swedish
- eaxl Old English
- अक्ष Sanskrit
- कक्ष Sanskrit
- रुद्राक्ष Sanskrit
- assheler Middle English
- axel Middle English
- axiltre Middle English
- axle Middle English
- ǫxl Old Norse
- akso Esperanto
- axil·la Catalan, Valencian
- अक्ष Hindi
- कक्ष Hindi
- कटाक्ष Hindi
- axila Galician
- eixe Galician
- eixo Galician
- ocsele Middle Dutch
- ahsala Old High German
- ahsla Old High German
- uohsa Old High German
- axo Ido
- అచ్చు Telugu
- ais Norman
- ahsel Middle High German
- אַקס Yiddish
- אַקסל Yiddish
- *ahslu gmw-pro
- *uokusala Old Dutch
- aksel Cimbrian
- aksl Cimbrian
- *Háćšas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- ahsla Old Saxon
- Uechs Alemannic German
- ekseli Swahili
- axl Old Swedish
- *aksis Proto-Italic
- as Friulian
- *Háṭṣas Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *káṭṣas Proto-Indo-Aryan
- ось Old East Slavic
- 𑀓𑀓𑁆𑀔 Sauraseni Prakrit
- scul Dalmatian
- skul Dalmatian
- aochsuł Vilamovian
- आंख Old Marathi
- 𑘁𑘽𑘏 Old Marathi
- *accu Proto-Dravidian
- कख Garhwali