Words that come from Proto-Germanic “ahsō”

95 words across 25 languages descend from Proto-Germanic ahsō — including axe, axle, axletree, axeman, poleaxe, broadaxe, transaxle, poleax.

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English (32)

Dutch (18)

German (10)

Middle English (5)

Norwegian Bokmål (3)

Norwegian Nynorsk (3)

Indonesian (3)

Japanese (2)

Tok Pisin (2)

Old High German (2)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Yiddish (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Old English (1)

Swahili (1)

Irish (1)

Pennsylvania German (1)

Middle High German (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Bislama (1)

Makasar (1)