exe

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Middle English word exe comes from Proto-Indo-European *aḱ-, and later Proto-Germanic *akwisī (Axe.)

*aḱ- (Proto-Indo-European)

*h₂egʷs-ih₂- (Proto-Indo-European)

*akwisī (Proto-Germanic)

Axe.

æces (Old English)

æx (Old English)

An axe, used as a weapon or cutting-tool.

exe (Middle English)

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