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Where does “ashpan” come from?

ashpan (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.

ashpan (English): A container beneath a boiler's furnace, catching...

Definitions

  1. A container beneath a boiler's furnace, catching...

Ancestry of “ashpan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishAsh—
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
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