Deichsel

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1) carriage pole, pole, shaft, drawbar
 * 2)  pall

Etymology 2
Etymology 1 above yielded or  in several dialects through shortening before the consonant cluster. The words thus merged and the fuller (thus seemingly more correct) form was generalised. Compare 🇨🇬 (both “adze” and “drawbar”).