English word ax comes from Old English ascian

Detailed word origin of ax

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
ascian	Old English (ang)	To ask, to enquire. To call for, summon; to inquire into. To demand, seek from.
axian	Old English (ang)
ax	English (eng)	(now, dialectal, or, nonstandard, especially, AAVE).

Words with the same origin as ax