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Where does “Nash” come from?

Nash comes from Old English æsc, from Proto-Germanic askaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₃osk-, though the exact meaning of the modern word remains uncertain.

Ancestry of “Nash”, 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 “Nash”

  • Nashville
  • Nashvillian
  • Nashian
  • Nash-jafnvægi
  • Nash
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