ax
Middle English
/aks/, /aks/
noun
Definitions
- An axe tool
- An axe weapon
Etymology
Inherited from Old English æx inherited from Proto-Germanic *akwisī.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*akwisī
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- axe English
- axe murderer English
- axe-murder English
- axeblade English
- axeless English
- axelike English
- axeman English
- axemanship English
- axes English
- axeth English
- axewoman English
- axtree English
- broadaxe English
- hand axe English
- moot-axe English
- poleaxe English
- *h₂egʷs-ih₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂egʷsih₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *akwisī Proto-Germanic
- アックス Japanese
- æx Old English
- axe Middle English
- extre Middle English
- tre Middle English
- øx Old Norse
- øxi Old Norse
- ackus Old High German
- 𐌰𐌵𐌹𐌶𐌹 Gothic
- akus Old Saxon
- akis Tok Pisin
- akis Bislama