oksel
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
oksel m (plural oksels, diminutive okseltje n)
Derived terms edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
oksel f (definite singular oksla, indefinite plural oksler, definite plural okslene)