Where does “âes” come from?
âes (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch ās, from Proto-West Germanic *ās, from Proto-Germanic ēsą, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēdsto- — eaten.
âes (Middle Dutch): carrion
Ancestry of “âes”, step by step
âes traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Dutch ās
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | ās | carrion |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *ās | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | ēsą | food, carrion; prey; bait |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ēdsto- | eaten |
via Old French as
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | as | a score of one on a die; second-person singular... |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | *as | — |
| 3 | Latin | habes | second-person singular present active indicative... |
| 4 | Arabic | حَبَش | Abyssinian; Abysinnian |