aksela

Cimbrian

Etymology 1

Cognate with Icelandic öxull. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

aksela ?

1. axis; axle

Etymology 2

From Middle High German ahsel, from Old High German ahsla, from Proto-Germanic *ahslō. Cognate with German Achsel, Dutch assel, English axle (“shoulder”), Icelandic öxl.

Noun

aksela f

1. shoulder

Alternative forms

• aksala, aksl, aksel

Derived terms

• akselmàura

References

• Bruno Schweizer, Zimbrische Gesamtgrammatik, published by James Dow (→ISBN)
• Friedrich Diez, Wiener Glossen, in the Jahrbuch für romanische und englische Literatur, volume 8, book 1 (1867)