eaxel

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ahslō, from Indo-European. Cognate with Old High German ahsala (German Achsel), Old Norse öxl; with Latin *axula and Albanian sqetull (“armpit”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /æɑ̯ksel/

Noun

eaxel f

shoulder

Declension

Declension of eaxel (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	eaxel	eaxla, eaxle
accusative	eaxle	eaxla, eaxle
genitive	eaxle	eaxla
dative	eaxle	eaxlum

Descendants

Middle English: axil, axle
- English: axle
- Scots: aixle, exle

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