oksel
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch ocsele, either from Old Dutch *uokusala or borrowed from Old Frisian axele, from Proto-Germanic *ahslō (“shoulder”), from Proto-Indo-European *aḱs- (“armpit”). Cognate with English axle (“armpit”), German Achsel (“armpit”), Latin axilla (“armpit”), Latin axis (“axle”), Greek άξονας (áxonas, “axle”), Sanskrit अक्ष (ákṣa, “axle”), Sanskrit कक्ष (kakṣá, “room, armpit”), Russian ось (osʹ, “axle”).
Pronunciation
Noun
oksel m (plural oksels, diminutive okseltje n)
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
oksel f (definite singular oksla, indefinite plural oksler, definite plural okslene)
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- nl:Body parts
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
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- Norwegian Nynorsk pre-1938 forms