Where does “esche” come from?

esche (Middle Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic atiska-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂edos- — sort of cereal, grain.

Ancestry of “esche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicatiska-grainfield
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂edos-sort of cereal, grain
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂edos-Every word from Proto-Germanic atiska-