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 (Wörterbücher. Herausgegeben vom Verein für niederdeutsche Sprachforschung. Band I) (1882, Norden & Leipzig: Diedr. Soltau's Verlag), p. 4: "akes, f. axt.   Must. 49."
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