Feminine

Achsel

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

Basel-Landschaft

aggsle

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈaksəl/

Inherited from Old High German

Cognate with Old Norse

Cognate with Danish

Cognate with Icelandic

Cognate with English

Cognate with Latin

Cognate with Sanskrit

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”).