Feminin

Achsel

(Englisch)

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

Dialekte

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

aggsle

Daten bereitgestellt von: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈaksəl/
Etymologie (Englisch)

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”).

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