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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | asunz | day laborer |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | os(e)n- | summer, harvest-time, harvest |