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-(i)l-eh₂-, from *h₂eḱs- (axis).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑx.slɔː/

Noun

*ahslō f[1]

  1. shoulder

Inflection

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

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *ahslu
    • Old English: eaxl, eaxel, esl, exl
      • 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)
    • Old Dutch: *assala
      • Middle Dutch: assele
    • Old High German: ahsala
  • Old Norse: ǫxl

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ahslō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 6