Ixel

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German

Etymology

Perhaps related to German Ecke (“corner”) with some locative ending or tool-suffix (probably not the root of Saal), compare German Achselhöhle (“armpit”).

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Particularly: “Less likely related to σῠ́νᾰψῐς (súnapsis, “point or line of junction”), which is not certainly related with Ancient Greek ἰᾰ́πτω (iáptō) and Latin iaciō), and not related to junction either (compare Jochbein (“cheekbone”); as for the vocalism, see Old High German ir (“you”) or French Yves (literally “yew”)), nor nasal spirant lost from Angel (cp. Dutch IJssel, perhaps "furrow"; Old Norse eggja (“to incite”), cp. ängstigen (“to scare”)), nor specialization from aequus (as in Tag-und-Nacht-Gleiche (“equinox; pass-over”), ...?”

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Noun

Ixel n (strong, genitive Ixels, plural Ixel)

  1. (architecture) inner corner, space in the angle between converging surfaces
    Synonym: Flucht
    etwas knirsch in's Ixel setzen

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