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אַקס
‘axis’

אַקס
־ן
די
'axis'

ETYMOLOGY

OE eax, OHG ahsa, MHG ahse, NHG Achse; from PGmc ✱ahsō-; from PIE h₂eḱs-eh₂-; cf. Sanskrit ákṣa-, Lithuanian ašìs, Latin axis

WESTERN

Old Literary Yiddish (ca. 1100-1800)

עקשן {מרכּבֿת המשנה, קראָקע 1534}

CENTRAL

Unterland (East Transcarpathian)

aks 'Achse' {ETCP, Beranek 1941}