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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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-eh₂, from *h₂eḱs- (“axle”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
*ahsō f[1](West Germanic)
- axle
Inflection
Declension of *ahsō (ō-stem)
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*ahsō
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*ahsôz
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vocative
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*ahsō
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*ahsôz
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accusative
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*ahsǭ
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*ahsōz
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genitive
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*ahsōz
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*ahsǫ̂
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dative
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*ahsōi
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*ahsōmaz
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instrumental
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*ahsō
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*ahsōmiz
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Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *ahsu
- Old English: eax
- Old Frisian: *ax
- Old Saxon: ahsa
- Old Dutch: *assa
- Middle Dutch: asse
- Dutch: as
- Afrikaans: as
- Negerhollands: az
- → Indonesian: as
- → Papiamentu: as (dated)
- Old High German: ahsa
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ahsō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 6