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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/akusi

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *akwisī.

Noun

*akusi f[1]

  1. axe
    Synonyms: *akwisiju, *þehsalā

Inflection

i-stem
Singular
Nominative *akusi
Genitive *akusī
Singular Plural
Nominative *akusi *akusī
Accusative *akusi *akusī
Genitive *akusī *akusijō
Dative *akusī *akusim, *akusijum
Instrumental *akusī *akusim, *akusijum

Descendants

  • Old English: æx, æces, acas, eax
    • Middle English: ax, axe, ex, exe; æxæ, æxe
      • English: axe, ax
      • Scots: aix
  • Old Frisian: axa
  • Old Saxon: akus
  • Old Dutch: *akus, *acus
    • Middle Dutch: aex
      • Dutch: aks, akst
  • Old High German: ackis, ackus
    • Middle High German: ackes, aks, ax, axt

References

  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 14:PWGmc *akusi
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