Where does “aush” come from?

aush (Aromanian) comes from Latin avus, from Proto-Celtic abū, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ep- — water, body of water.

aush (Aromanian): old person; ancient, ancestor, forefather

Definitions

  1. old person; ancient, ancestor, forefather

Ancestry of “aush”, step by step

aush traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin avus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinavusgrandfather; an ancestor, a progenitor, a...
2Proto-Celticabūriver
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ep-water, body of water

via Tajik ош

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tajikошcooked food; thick Persian-style soup
2Persianآشthick Persian-style soup; pottage
3Proto-Turkic(i)aĺfood, meal

Words derived from “aush”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ep- →Every word from Proto-Celtic abū →Every word from Latin avus →