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. 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
  • Saterland Frisian: Äkse
• Old Saxon: akus
  • Middle Low German: axe, ēxe, akes
    • Low German: Ax, Äx, Ex
      • Westphalian:

        Märkisch: Akes

    • Plautdietsch: Akjs
• Old Dutch: *akus, *acus
  • Middle Dutch: aex
    • Dutch: aks, akst
• Old High German: ackis, ackus
  • Middle High German: ackes, aks, ax, axt
    • German: Axt
    • Luxembourgish: Aaxt