Achsel

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (feminine) armpit, axilla (cavity under the shoulder)
2. (feminine) shoulder; shoulder joint (see usage notes below)

Sinonieme

Schulter

Achselhöhle

Schultergelenk

Schulterende

unterm Arm

Drecksloch

-n

Blattachsel

Vertalings

schouder

shoulder

spalla

épaule

ombro

axila

hombro

espatlla

aisselle

armpit

espatla

sovaco

Dialekte

Kanton Basel-Land

aggsle

Data verskaf deur: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈaksəl/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Old High German: ahsala

Verwante met Old Norse: ǫxl

Verwante met Deens: aksel

Verwante met Yslands: öxl

Verwante met Engels: axle

Verwante met Latyn: āxilla

Verwante met Sanskrit: अक्ष

In summary

From Old High German ahsala, ahsla, from Proto-Germanic *ahslō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis”). Cognate with Old Norse ǫxl (“shoulder”) and ǫxull (“axle”) (whence Danish aksel, Icelandic öxl), English axle. Also cognate with Latin āxilla (“shoulder joint”), Sanskrit अक्ष (ákṣa, “axle”).