Where does “Axel” come from?

Axel (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish axul, from Old Norse ǫxull, from Proto-Germanic ahsulaz.

Axel (Swedish): a shoulder

Definitions

  1. a shoulder

Ancestry of “Axel”, step by step

Axel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Swedish axul

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishaxul—
2Old Norseǫxullan axle
3Proto-Germanicahsulaz—

via Danish Axel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishAxel—

Words derived from “Axel”

Every word from Proto-Germanic ahsulaz →Every word from Old Norse ǫxull →Every word from Old Swedish axul →