中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 斧，斧头
- vt.
- 削减(人员、经费、计划、机构等)
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演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 ax
- 继承自 ←古英语 æx “axe”
- 继承自 ←原始西日耳曼语 *akusi “axe”
- 继承自 ←原始日耳曼语 *akwisī “axe”
- 继承自 ←原始印欧语 *h₂egʷsih₂ “axe”
词源说明
From Middle English ax, axe, ex, from Old English æx (“axe”), from Proto-West Germanic *akusi (“axe”), from Proto-Germanic *akwisī (“axe”), probably from a Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷsih₂ (“axe”), from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”). Cognate with Scots aix (“axe”), Dutch aks (“axe”), German Axt (“axe”), Danish økse (“axe”), Faroese, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk øks (“axe”), Icelandic öxi (“axe”), Swedish yxa (“axe”), Latin ascia (“axe, mason's trowel”).