wós

See also: wos, WOs, woš, and W.O.s

Lower Sorbian

wós

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *osь, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-. Cognate with Upper Sorbian wóska, Polish , Czech os, Russian ось (osʹ), Old Church Slavonic ось (osĭ), and more distantly with English axis and axle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wɨs/, /wɛs/, /wʊs/

Noun

wós f (diminutive wóska)

  1. axle (pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves or which revolves with a wheel)

Declension

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