Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ahsō

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-eh₂, from *h₂eḱs- (“axle”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑx.sɔː/

Noun

*ahsō f^[1]

axle

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *ahsō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*ahsō	*ahsôz
vocative	*ahsō	*ahsôz
accusative	*ahsǭ	*ahsōz
genitive	*ahsōz	*ahsǫ̂
dative	*ahsōi	*ahsōmaz
instrumental	*ahsō	*ahsōmiz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *ahsu
- Old English: eax
- Old Frisian: *ax
  - West Frisian: as
- Old Saxon: ahsa
- Old Dutch: *assa
  - Middle Dutch: asse
    - Dutch: as
      - Afrikaans: as
      - Negerhollands: az
      - → Indonesian: as
      - → Papiamentu: as (dated)
- Old High German: ahsa
  - Middle High German: ahse
    - Alemannic German: Uechs
    - German: Achse
      - → Norwegian Bokmål: akse
    - Luxembourgish: Achs

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*ahsō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 6

[EDPG-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*ahsō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 6

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