Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/akusi

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 *akwisī.

Noun

*akusi f^[1]

axe
Synonyms: *akwisiju, *þehsalā

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*akusi
Genitive	*akusī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*akusi	*akusī
Accusative	*akusi	*akusī
Genitive	*akusī	*akusijō
Dative	*akusī	akusim, akusijum
Instrumental	*akusī	akusim, akusijum

Descendants

Old English: æx, æces, acas, eax
- Middle English: ax, axe, ex, exe, æxæ, æxe
  - English: axe, ax
  - Scots: aix
Old Frisian: axa
- Saterland Frisian: Äkse
Old Saxon: akus
- Middle Low German: axe, ēxe, akes
  - Low German: Ax, Äx, Ex
    - Westphalian:
      Märkisch: Akes
  - Plautdietsch: Akjs
Old Dutch: acus
- Middle Dutch: ākes, āex
  - Dutch: aks, aaks (dated), akst (archaic, literary), akst
    - Negerhollands: aks
    - → Sranan Tongo: aksi
  - Limburgish: aaks
Old High German: ackis, ackus
- Middle High German: ackes, aks, ax, axt
  - German: Axt
  - Luxembourgish: Aaxt

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 14: “PWGmc *akusi”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 14: “PWGmc *akusi”

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