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Where does “Ashton” come from?

Ashton comes from Old English æsc, from Proto-Germanic askaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₃osk-, ultimately referring to the ash tree.

Ancestry of “Ashton”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishæscash tree; spear; ship
2Old Englishæsċash tree; ash, spear, lance, ship
3Old Englishtrēo—
4Proto-West Germanictreutree; wood
5Proto-Germanictrewątree
6EnglishdoruAlternative form of dory
7Ancient Greekδόρυwood, tree, stem; spear shaft, spear, lance,...
8Proto-Hellenicdórutree
9Proto-Indo-Europeandórutree
10Proto-Indo-Europeandrew-hard, firm, strong, solid; hard, fast; tree

Words derived from “Ashton”

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