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Where does “Gaass” come from?

Gaass (Luxembourgish) 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.

Gaass (Luxembourgish): alley

Definitions

  1. alley

Ancestry of “Gaass”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Gaass”

  • Sakgaass
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰodweh₂ →