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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch ocsele, either from Old Dutch *uokusala or borrowed from Old Frisian axele, from Proto-Germanic *ahslō (“shoulder”), from Proto-Indo-European *aḱs- (“armpit”). Cognate with English axle (“armpit”), German Achsel (“armpit”), Latin axilla (“armpit”), Latin axis (“axle”),
Greek άξονας (áxonas, “axle”), Sanskrit अक्ष (ákṣa, “axle”), Sanskrit कक्ष (kakṣá, “room, armpit”), Russian ось (osʹ, “axle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔksəl/
- Hyphenation: ok‧sel
Noun
oksel m (plural oksels, diminutive okseltje n)
- armpit
- angle between two part of a plant
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
oksel f (definite singular oksla, indefinite plural oksler, definite plural okslene)
- (pre-1938) alternative form of aksel