| − | From {{etyl|gem}} *{{term||akusi|lang=gem}}, from an earlier *{{term||akwusi-|lang=gem}}, possibly from {{proto|Indo-European|ak-}}, *{{term||ok-|lang=pie|sharp, pointed}}. Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|axa|lang=ofs}}, Old Saxon {{term|akus|lang=osx}} (Saxon {{term|ęx|lang=nds}}), Dutch {{term|aaks|lang=nl}}, Old High German {{term|ackus|lang=goh}} (German {{term|Axt|lang=de}}), Old Norse {{term|øx|lang=non}}, {{term|ax|lang=non}}, Gothic {{term|𐌰𐌵𐌹𐌶𐌹|lang=got|sc=Goth}}{{rfr|got}}. | + | From {{proto|Germanic|akusi|lang=ang}}, from an earlier {{proto|Germanic|akwusi-|lang=ang}}, possibly from {{proto|Indo-European|ak-||ok-|sharp, pointed|lang=ang}}. Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|axa|lang=ofs}}, Old Saxon {{term|akus|lang=osx}} (Saxon {{term|ęx|lang=nds}}), Dutch {{term|aaks|lang=nl}}, Old High German {{term|ackus|lang=goh}} (German {{term|Axt|lang=de}}), Old Norse {{term|øx|lang=non}}, {{term|ax|lang=non}}, Gothic {{term|𐌰𐌵𐌹𐌶𐌹|tr=aqizi|lang=got|sc=Goth}}. |