Where does “asvaalt” come from?

asvaalt (Dutch) comes from Dutch as, 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.

asvaalt (Dutch): dump, refuse heap

Definitions

  1. dump, refuse heap

Ancestry of “asvaalt”, step by step

asvaalt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch as

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchasash; ashes; axis
2Middle Dutchasche—
3Old Dutchaska—
4Proto-West Germanicaskāash, ashes
5Proto-Germanicaskǭash, ashes
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eHs-to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth

via Dutch vaalt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvaaltdung heap
2Middle Dutchvaelde—
3Old Dutchfaled—
4Proto-Germanicfaludazan enclosed space, enclosure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eHs- →