as (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch asche, from Old Dutch aska, from Proto-West Germanic askā, from Proto-Germanic askǭ, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eHs- — to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth.
as (Dutch): ash; ashes; axis
Definitions
ash; ashes; axis
Ancestry of “as”, step by step
as traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.