Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ahslu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ahslō.

Noun

*ahslu f[1]

  1. shoulder joint
    Synonym: *skuldru

Inflection

ō-stem
Singular
Nominative *ahslu
Genitive *ahslā
Singular Plural
Nominative *ahslu *ahslō
Accusative *ahslā *ahslā
Genitive *ahslā *ahslō
Dative *ahslē *ahslōm, *ahslum
Instrumental *ahslu *ahslōm, *ahslum

Descendants

  • 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

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 176: “PWGmc *ahslu”
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