Where does “ās” come from?

ās (Middle High German) comes from Middle High German ëzzen, from Old High German ëȥȥan, from Proto-West Germanic etan, from Proto-Germanic etaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- — to eat.

ās (Middle High German): flesh or meat, flesh or meat from a corpse, carrion

Definitions

  1. flesh or meat, flesh or meat from a corpse, carrion

Ancestry of “ās”, step by step

ās traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German ëzzen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanëzzento eat
2Old High Germanëȥȥanto eat
3Proto-West Germanicetanto eat
4Proto-Germanicetanąto eat
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁édtito eat
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat

via Proto-Germanic ēsą

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicēsąfood, carrion; prey; bait
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ēdsto-eaten

via Old High German ās

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanāscarrion
2Proto-Germanicēsaz—

Words derived from “ās”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti →Every word from Proto-Germanic etaną →