Where does “gasse” come from?
gasse (German) comes from Middle High German gazze, from Old High German gazza, from Proto-West Germanic *gatwā, from Proto-Germanic gatwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European gʰodweh₂.
Ancestry of “gasse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle High German | gazze | — |
| 2 | Old High German | gazza | lane |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *gatwā | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | gatwǭ | street, passage |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰodweh₂ | — |