Etymograph

English

axle

Axle comes from Old English æx ‘axe’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *akwisī.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*akwisī‘axe’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*akusi‘axe’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150æxas eax, in turn combination‘axe’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500axil
  5. Englishtodayaxle

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*akwisī‘axe’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*akusi‘axe’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150æxas eax, in turn combination‘axe’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500axil
  5. Englishtodayaxle

Linked words

through Old English æx ‘axe’

axe

Today it means

noun The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *akwisī / axle

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