øks
Norwegian
noun-c
Definitions
- an axe (UK) or ax (US)
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse øx (axe) derived from Proto-Germanic *akwisī derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷs-ih₂- (axe).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂egʷs-ih₂-
Gloss
axe
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
斤
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ascia Latin
- ἀξίνη Ancient Greek
- *h₂egʷs-ih₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂egʷsih₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- strid Norwegian Bokmål
- stridsøks Norwegian Bokmål
- *akwisī Proto-Germanic
- yxa Swedish
- øks Norwegian Nynorsk
- æx Old English
- øx Old Norse
- øxi Old Norse
- økse Danish
- öxi Icelandic
- ackus Old High German
- øks Faroese
- 𐌰𐌵𐌹𐌶𐌹 Gothic
- akus Old Saxon
- yğsa Scanian