Where does “ashdump” come from?

ashdump (English) comes from English Ash, from Middle English asshe, from Old English æsc, from Old English æsċ, from Old English trēo, from Proto-West Germanic treu, from Proto-Germanic trewą, from English doru — hard, firm, strong, solid; hard, fast; tree.

ashdump (English): A place where ashes are dumped

Definitions

  1. A place where ashes are dumped

Ancestry of “ashdump”, step by step

ashdump traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Ash

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishAshThe Egyptian god of oases
2Middle Englishassheashes; The remnants of a lifeform; The matter...
3Old Englishæscash tree; spear; ship
4Old Englishæsċash tree; ash, spear, lance, ship
5Old Englishtrēo
6Proto-West Germanictreutree; wood
7Proto-Germanictrewątree
8EnglishdoruAlternative form of dory
9Ancient Greekδόρυwood, tree, stem; spear shaft, spear, lance,...
10Proto-Hellenicdórutree
11Proto-Indo-Europeandórutree
12Proto-Indo-Europeandrew-hard, firm, strong, solid; hard, fast; tree

via English dump

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdumpA place where waste or garbage is left; a ground...
2Middle Englishdumpen
3Old Norsedumpato thump
Every word from Proto-Indo-European drew-