LL-L "Etymology" 2009.03.17 (02) [E]

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From: Kevin & Cheryl Caldwell <kevin.caldwell1963 at verizon.net>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2009.03.17 (01) [E]

Aha!  Thus it’s related to the word “axillary” as in “axillary hair” and
“axillary nerve.”

Kevin Caldwell

Laurel, MD



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From: Hellinckx Luc <luc.hellinckx at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology"



Beste Ron,

You wrote:

Now obsolete English "assel(e)" (armpit) comes from Old (Norman?) French
essele (= Modern French aiselle; cf. Latin axilla ("little axle").

The same word did survive in its form "aisle": passage between rows of seats
< wing of a church < wing, upper arm, armpit (~ Latin axilla).
Some Dutch dialects (Groningen, Stellingwerven, de Meierij in Noord-Brabant)
are using the word "oksel" also for the back of a knee. Avestan has the word
"ašayā" for "belonging to both axes".

Kind greetings,

Luc Hellinckx

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Etymology

Good ones, Kevin and Luc! Thanks!

Here's just a quick correction of typos in my last posting:

 cf. Latin *axis*, Lithuanian *aszis*, Greek άξων *áxon*, Sanskrit आक्श *
ākśa*.


Make that Sanskrit अक्ष *āk**şa*.


Regards,
Reinhard/Ron
Seattle, USA

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