Where does “as” come from?

as (Cimbrian) comes from Middle High German als, from Old High German alsō — as, like; so, all so; quite like that.

as (Cimbrian): if

Definitions

  1. if

Ancestry of “as”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanals—
2Old High Germanalsōas, like; so, all so; quite like that
Every word from Old High German alsō →Every word from Middle High German als →