axel
Middle English
/ˈaksəl/
noun
Definitions
- shoulder
Etymology
Inherited from Old English eaxl (armpit, shoulder) inherited from Proto-Germanic *ahslō (shoulder).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*ahslō
Gloss
shoulder
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
肩
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- axle English
- axle guard English
- axlebox English
- axled English
- axleless English
- axleload English
- axletree English
- interaxle English
- triaxle English
- *aḱs- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eḱs- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eḱs-l-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *ahslō Proto-Germanic
- eaxl Old English
- axle Middle English
- ǫxl Old Norse
- ahsala Old High German
- ahsla Old High German
- *ahslu gmw-pro
- *uokusala Old Dutch
- ahsla Old Saxon
- ekseli Swahili