Akes

German Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German akes, from Old Saxon akus, from Proto-Germanic *akwisī, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”).

Noun

Akes f (plural Aksen or Äksen)

  1. (Westphalian) axe

References

  • Woeste, Fr. (1882) “akes”, in Wörterbuch der westfälischen Mundart (Wörterbücher. Herausgegeben vom Verein für niederdeutsche Sprachforschung; I) (in German), Norden, Leipzig: Diedr. Soltau's Verlag, →ISBN, page 4: “f. axt”
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