Cognate Set 958 – Meaning: wing

IE-CoR reference form:
*h₂ek̑s-
IE-CoR reference language:
Proto-Indo-European
Gloss in IE-CoR reference language:
axle
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Found in clades:
Italic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 21 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
136   French aile ɛl ɛl
129   Italian ala ˈaːla ˈala
131   Ladin ala ˈala
144   Portuguese asa ˈazɐ ˈazɐ
134   Sardinian: Logudoro ala ˈala ˈala
133   Sardinian: Nuoro ala ˈaːla ˈaːla
143   Spanish ala ˈala ˈala
137   Walloon éle el el
124   Latin āla ˈaːɫa ˈaːla G.sg. ālae
130   Friulian ale ˈale ˈale
141   Catalan ala ˈaɫə ˈalə
142   Old Spanish ala ˈala
139   Franco-Provençal âla ɑːˈlɐ ɑˈla
135   Anglo-Norman ele
125   Romanian aripă ˈaɾipə ˈaripə > Lat. ALAPA 'blow with the hand on the face' (Buck 1949: 246)
128   Neapolitan scella ˈʃʃellə ˈʃʃellə
138   Old Occitan ala
140   Old Catalan ala aɫə aɫə
127   Dalmatian: Vegliote jal jal Plural form.
145   Portuguese: Brazilian asa
132   Milanese ála ˈala
References
  • Wodtko, Dagmar S. and Irslinger, Britta and Schneider, Carolin: 259-262
    S.v. *h₂ak̑s- '(Drehpunkt:) Achse, Achsel' (IEW 6). Derives Lat. āla via a derivative in -leh₂ : *h₂ak̑s-lah₂ = PGerm. *ahslō- > OEng. eaxel, OHG ahsla 'axle'. Cf. p.260n1 on the proposed connections with the root *h₂eg̑- 'treiben'.
  • de Vaan, Michiel: 66-67
    S.v. axis 'axle, chariot' < PIE *h₂ek̑s-(i-); de Vaan considers Lat. āla 'wing' is a secondarily derived form via PIt. *akselā-.