Achsel
German (Berlin)
/ˈaksəl/
noun
Definitions
- armpit, axilla cavity under the shoulder
- shoulder; shoulder joint (see usage notes below)
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German ahsala inherited from Proto-Germanic *ahslō (shoulder) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (axis, axle).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂eḱs-
Gloss
axis, axle
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
軸
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- axilla English
- axle English
- axle guard English
- axlebox English
- axled English
- axleless English
- axleload English
- axletree English
- interaxle English
- triaxle English
- *ascetula Latin
- *ascla Latin
- *axella Latin
- ala Latin
- ascella Latin
- asser Latin
- axilla Latin
- axillaris Latin
- axis Latin
- axis, axem Latin
- Achselhöhle German
- Achselklappe German
- Achselstück German
- Achselzucken German
- Blatt German
- Blattachsel German
- Höhle German
- Klappe German
- Stück German
- zucken German
- Ächselchen German
- oksel Dutch, Flemish
- okselhaar Dutch, Flemish
- okselmouw Dutch, Flemish
- axila Spanish, Castilian
- ἄξων Ancient Greek
- *aḱs- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eḱs- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eḱs-l-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- axila Portuguese
- *ahslō Proto-Germanic
- *ahsō Proto-Germanic
- eaxl Old English
- अक्ष Sanskrit
- रुद्राक्ष Sanskrit
- axel Middle English
- ǫxl Old Norse
- ǫxull Old Norse
- aksel Danish
- *osь Proto-Slavic
- axil·la Catalan, Valencian
- axlabönd Icelandic
- öxl Icelandic
- अक्ष Hindi
- कटाक्ष Hindi
- axila Galician
- ocsele Middle Dutch
- ahsala Old High German
- ahsla Old High German
- øksl Faroese
- ahsel Middle High German
- *ahslu gmw-pro
- *uokusala Old Dutch
- aksel Cimbrian
- aksl Cimbrian
- *Háćšas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- ahsla Old Saxon
- ekseli Swahili
- axl Old Swedish
- *Háṭṣas Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *a(k)škā Proto-Albanian
- *aśís Proto-Balto-Slavic
- scul Dalmatian
- skul Dalmatian
- आंख Old Marathi
- 𑘁𑘽𑘏 Old Marathi
- *accu Proto-Dravidian
- áğsel Scanian