akus

akus

See also: āķus

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *akwisī, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”).

Noun

akus f

1. an axe

Descendants

• Middle Low German: axe, ēxe, akes
  • Low German: Ax, Äx, Ex
    • Westphalian:

      Märkisch: Akes

  • Plautdietsch: Akjs