Where does “poleaxe” come from?
poleaxe (English) comes from English pollax, from English Axe, from Old English āxian, from Old English āscian, from Proto-West Germanic aiskōn, from Proto-West Germanic -ōn, from Proto-Germanic -ōną, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.
poleaxe (English): An ax having both a blade and a hammer face; used...
Definitions
- An ax having both a blade and a hammer face; used...
Ancestry of “poleaxe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | pollax | Obsolete form of poleaxe |
| 2 | English | Axe | — |
| 3 | Old English | āxian | to ask |
| 4 | Old English | āscian | to ask |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | aiskōn | to claim; to demand, ask for |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -ōn | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “poleaxe”