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Where does “esne” come from?

esne (English) comes from Old English esne, from Proto-West Germanic *asnī, from Proto-Germanic asunz, from Proto-Indo-European os(e)n- — summer, harvest-time, harvest.

esne (English): A hireling of servile status; slave

Definitions

  1. A hireling of servile status; slave

Ancestry of “esne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishesne—
2Proto-West Germanic*asnī—
3Proto-Germanicasunzday laborer
4Proto-Indo-Europeanos(e)n-summer, harvest-time, harvest
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