𐌰𐌵𐌹𐌶𐌹

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From Proto-Germanic *akwisī. Cognate to Old English æx and Old Norse øx, and probably of similar origin as Koine Greek ἀξίνη (axínē), which it translates. For more, see the Proto-Germanic entry.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.kʷi.zi/

𐌰𐌵𐌹𐌶𐌹 • (aqizi) f

2. (hapax) axe (tool for felling trees)
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Luke 3:9:

     𐌰𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌾𐌿 𐍃𐍉 𐌰𐌵𐌹𐌶𐌹 𐌰𐍄 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍄𐌹𐌼 𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐌴 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌹𐌸: 𐌰𐌻𐌻 𐌽𐌿 𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐌴 𐌿𐌽𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌴 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌽 𐌲𐍉𐌳 𐌿𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌳𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌹𐌽 𐍆𐍉𐌽 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌳𐌰.

     aþþan ju sō aqizi at waurtim bagmē ligiþ: all nu bagmē unbairandanē akran gōd usmaitada jah in fōn galagjada.

     And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. (KJV)

This word is only attested in the nominative singular, which is not enough to determine to which extent the Proto-Germanic ablaut was kept. Three possible paradigms are given below.

The ablaut as inherited from Proto-Germanic:

With ablaut, but with regularized consonantism:

Without ablaut:

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 95
• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “A190. aqizi”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 40