Akes

German Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German akes, from Old Saxon akus, from Proto-Germanic *akwisī, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (sharp, pointed).

Noun

Akes f (plural Aksen or Äksen)

  1. (Westphalian) axe

References

  • Friedrich Woeste, Wörterbuch der Westfälischen Mundart, Band I (1882, Norden/Leipzig: Diedr. Soltau's Verlag)
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