Achsel

Senso (Inglese)

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

sinonimi

Schulter

Achselhöhle

Schultergelenk

Schulterende

unterm Arm

Drecksloch

-n

Blattachsel

Dialetti

Canton Basilea Campagna

aggsle

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Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈaksəl/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da tedesco antico alto: ahsala

Affine norse antico: ǫxl

Affine danese: aksel

Affine islandese: öxl

Affine inglese: axle

Affine latino: āxilla

Affine sanscrito: 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”).