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English word ash comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₃osk-, Proto-Indo-European *ōs-, Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-, Proto-Indo-European *h₃esk-, Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰris, Proto-Indo-European *h₂ed-, and later Proto-Germanic *askaz (Ash tree.)
*h₃osk- (Proto-Indo-European)
*ōs- (Proto-Indo-European)
ash
*h₂eHs- (Proto-Indo-European)
hearth; ash
*h₃esk- (Proto-Indo-European)
*dʰegʷʰris (Proto-Indo-European)
*h₂ed- (Proto-Indo-European)
*askaz (Proto-Germanic)
Ash tree.
*askǭ (Proto-Germanic)
Ash, ashes.
æsc (Old English)
(poetic) spear. Ash tree. Ship. The letter Æ, æ. The runic letter ᚫ.
æsċ (Old English)
æsce (Old English)
Ash (combustion residue).
asshe (Middle English)
ash (English)
(chemistry) To reduce to a residue of ash. See ashing.. (obsolete, mostly used in the past tense) To cover newly-sown fields of crops with ashes.. To hit the end off of a burning cigar or cigarette. (chemistry) The nonaqueous remains of a material subjected to any complete oxidation process.. (figuratively) What remains after a catastrophe.. (in the plural) Human (or animal) remains after [...]