- ἀξί̄νη
- ἀξί̄νηGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `axe' (Il.); = δὶστομος πέλεκυς H.Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Compared with Lat. ascia `axe' and Germanic words for `axe', Goth. aqizi etc., which does not lead to an IE reconstruction. Cf. Specht Ursprung 150, 239, 326f.; also Vasmer Zeitschr. f. slav. Phil. 15, 119f. Ruijgh BiOr 54 (1997) 540, n. 11 notes that -īn- is a typical substr. suffix, and that the sign for a is a double axe; Wind. compares ὑσμίνη (his connection with σίνομαι is no doubt wrong). Szemerényi Gnomon 43 (1971) 656 remarks that Accadian haṣṣinu and Aram. ḥaṣṣīnā are so close that they must be the same word. I propose that the Semitic and Greek words are loans from an Anatolian language.Page in Frisk: 1,115-116
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.