axle

axle · noun

1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱs-l-eh₂
2. Proto-Germanic*ahslō“shoulder”
3. Proto-West Germanic*ahslu“shoulder”
4. Old Englisheaxl“shoulder, armpit”
5. Middle Englishaxel
6. Englishaxle

From Middle English axel, axle, eaxle, from Old English eaxl (“shoulder, armpit”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahslu (“shoulder”), from Proto-Germanic *ahslō (“shoulder”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-l-eh₂, from *h₂eḱs- (“axis, axle”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian acsle (“shoulder”), Dutch oksel (“armpit”), German Achsel (“armpit”), Swedish axel (“shoulder”), Latin axilla (“armpit”), Latin axis (“axle”) (whence English axis, atelier, and via Latin āla English ala, aisle), Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn) (whence English axo-, axon), Greek άξονας (áxonas, “axle”), Sanskrit अक्ष (ákṣa, “axle”), Sanskrit कक्ष (kakṣá, “room, armpit”), Russian ось (osʹ, “axle”).

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axle · noun

1. Old Norseǫxull
2. Old Englisheax
3. Middle Englishaxil
4. Englishaxle

From Middle English axil, in turn a combination of Old English eax and Old Norse ǫxull.

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