Where does “Æsa” come from?
Æsa (Faroese) comes from Old Norse Æsa, from Old Norse Áss, from Proto-Germanic astaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ósdos — branch.
Ancestry of “Æsa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | Æsa | — |
| 2 | Old Norse | Áss | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | astaz | branch |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ósdos | branch |