Where does “ast” come from?
ast (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic astaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ósdos — branch.
ast (Old Saxon): branch
Ancestry of “ast”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | astaz | branch |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ósdos | branch |