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Where does “*asnī” come from?

*asnī (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic asunz, from Proto-Indo-European os(e)n- — summer, harvest-time, harvest.

Ancestry of “*asnī”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicasunzday laborer
2Proto-Indo-Europeanos(e)n-summer, harvest-time, harvest
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