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.

gasse (German): alley, ginnel, twitchel

Definitions

  1. alley, ginnel, twitchel

Ancestry of “gasse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germangazze—
2Old High Germangazzalane
3Proto-West Germanic*gatwā—
4Proto-Germanicgatwǭstreet, passage
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰodweh₂—

Words derived from “gasse”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰodweh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic gatwǭ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *gatwā →