Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ahslō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑx.slɔː/

Noun

*ahslō f

1. shoulder

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *ahslō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*ahslō	*ahslôz
vocative	*ahslō	*ahslôz
accusative	*ahslǭ	*ahslōz
genitive	*ahslōz	*ahslǫ̂
dative	*ahslōi	*ahslōmaz
instrumental	*ahslō	*ahslōmiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *ahslu
  • Old English: eaxl, eaxel, esl
    • Middle English: axel, axle, eaxle, æxle, exle
      • English: axle (obsolete)
      • Scots: aixle, exle
  • Old Frisian: axle, axele
    • Saterland Frisian: ascle
    • →? Middle Dutch: ocsele (see lemma)
      • Dutch: oksel
  • Old Dutch: *assala
    • Middle Dutch: assele
      • Dutch: assel
  • Old High German: ahsala
    • Middle High German: ahsel
      • Cimbrian: aksela, aksala, aksl, aksel
      • German: Achsel
      • Vilamovian: aochsuł
      • Yiddish: אַקסל (aksl)
• Old Norse: ǫxl
  • Icelandic: öxl
  • Faroese: øksl
  • Norn: akkel
  • Old Swedish: axl
    • Swedish: axel
      • → Elfdalian: aksel
  • Old Danish: axæl
    • Danish: aksel
  • Norwegian: aksel
  • Elfdalian: aksul
  • Gutnish: axl
  • Scanian: áğsel