Where does “aes” come from?
aes (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch ās, from Proto-West Germanic *ās, from Proto-Germanic ēsą, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēdsto- — eaten.
Ancestry of “aes”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | ās | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *ās | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | ēsą | food, carrion; prey; bait |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ēdsto- | eaten |