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Where does “*aspu” come from?

*aspu (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic aspō, from Proto-Indo-European Hosp- — aspen, poplar.

Ancestry of “*aspu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicaspōaspen
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanHosp-aspen, poplar
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