Where does “aspe” come from?

aspe (Middle English) comes from Old English æspe, from Proto-West Germanic *aspu, from Proto-Germanic aspō, from Proto-Indo-European Hosp- — aspen, poplar.

aspe (Middle English): aspen

Definitions

  1. aspen

Ancestry of “aspe”, step by step

aspe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English æspe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishæspean aspen
2Proto-West Germanic*aspuaspen
3Proto-Germanicaspōaspen
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanHosp-aspen, poplar

via Old French aspe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchaspe—
2Latinaspisasp; viper
3Ancient Greekἀσπίςshield; collective, body of men-at-arms; on the...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂esp-to cut

Words derived from “aspe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hosp- →Every word from Proto-Germanic aspō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *aspu →
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