wós

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Lower Sorbian[edit]

wós

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *osь, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-. Cognate with Upper Sorbian wóska, Polish , Czech os, Russian ось (osʹ), Old Church Slavonic ось (osĭ), and more distantly with English axis and axle.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /wɨs/, /wɛs/, (dated) /wʊs/

Noun[edit]

wós f inan (diminutive wóska)

  1. axle (pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves or which revolves with a wheel)

Declension[edit]