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

Definitions

  1. carrion

Ancestry of “âes”, step by step

âes traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Dutch ās

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchāscarrion
2Proto-West Germanic*ās
3Proto-Germanicēsąfood, carrion; prey; bait
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ēdsto-eaten

via Old French as

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchasa score of one on a die; second-person singular...
2Vulgar Latin*as
3Latinhabessecond-person singular present active indicative...
4ArabicحَبَشAbyssinian; Abysinnian

Words derived from “âes

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēdsto-