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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *uk`V ( ~ *o-)
Meaning: inner part of knee, armpit
Russian meaning: внутр. часть колена; подмышка
Comments: SKE 174 (Mong.-Kor.; but the TM parallel drawn by Ramstedt and repeated in Doerfer MT 25 - Evk. ogonī - cannot belong here, being a reflex of PTM *xoba-nī, see ТМС 2,6), АПиПЯЯ 297. -g- in Mong. must be explained by assimilation. altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-mong,altet-tung,altet-kor,altet-reference,
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Mongolian etymology :
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Proto-Mongolian: *(h)ogo-da-su
Meaning: part of cloth in the armpit
Russian meaning: клин одежды подмышкой
Written Mongolian: oɣodasu
Kalmuck: oɣǝdǝsn, oGdǝsn
Comments: KW 283. Mong. > Manchu oho da 'armpit area of a jacket' (see Rozycki 166). monget-prnum,monget-meaning,monget-rusmean,monget-wmo,monget-kal,monget-reference,
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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *(x)oKi-
Meaning: place where skin is cut off from deer's shank
Russian meaning: камыс (место среза шкуры с ног оленя, лося)
Evenki: okī-kta
Comments: ТМС 2, 9. Attested only in Evk., but having probable parallels in Mong. and Kor. tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-evk,tunget-reference,
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Korean etymology :
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Proto-Korean: *òkóm
Meaning: 1 inner angle of knee 2 knee
Russian meaning: 1 подколенная ямка 2 колено
Modern Korean: ogɨm 1, 2
Middle Korean: òkóm 1
Comments: Nam 378, KED 1195. The deriving stem appears to be ok- / uk- 'to bend in, turn in' (KED 1204); the verb is, however, attested very late and may be a back-formation from the noun. koret-prnum,koret-meaning,koret-rusmean,koret-phn,koret-ako,koret-reference,
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *ʔVḳV
Meaning: armpit
References: ND 726 *ɣo/atḲE 'popliteal space, armpit' (IE + Alt.,with very dub. Sem.). nostret-meaning,nostret-ier,nostret-alt,nostret-reference,
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *ak(')s-
Meaning: armpit
Avestan: du. gen. ašayɔ̄ 'der beiden Achseln'
Armenian: anuth (< *asnuth) `Achselgrube'
Latin: āla f. `Achsel; Flügel'; axilla f. `Achselhöhle'
Russ. meaning: подмышка
References: WP I 37
piet-meaning,piet-avest,piet-arm,piet-germ,piet-lat,piet-rusmean,piet-refer,
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *axsl=; *ōxsl=; *ōxst=; *ōxsVn=; *ōxs=; *oxstVr=
Meaning: arm-pit
Old Norse: ɔxl f. `Achsel'; ōst f., ōst-r m. `Halsgrube'
Norwegian: dial. ōster f. `Halsgrube'
Swedish: axel `Achsel'
Danish: aksel `Achsel'
Old English: eaxel (eaxl, exl), -e f.; eaxle, -an f. `shoulder'; ōcusta, ōhsta, -an m. `arm-pit, oxter'; ōxn, -e f. `id.'
English: shotl. oxter `Achselhöhle'
Old Frisian: ax(e)le `oksel, schouder'
Old Saxon: ahsla `Achsel'
Middle Dutch: assel(e); ocsel(e), oecsel(e) `schouder, vleugeholte'
Dutch: oksel m. `Achsel'
Middle Low German: asle, assel `Achsel'
Old High German: ahsla (8.Jh.) `Achsel'; uochisa (um 900); uohsana (9.Jh.) `Achselhöhle'; uohsala (11. Jh.) `Achsel'
Middle High German: ahsel at./wk. f. 'achsel, schulter', uohse, üehse wk. f. 'achselhöhle'
German: Achsel f.
germet-meaning,germet-prnum,germet-onord,germet-norw,germet-swed,germet-dan,germet-oengl,germet-engl,germet-ofris,germet-osax,germet-mdutch,germet-dutch,germet-mlg,germet-ohg,germet-mhg,germet-hg,
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