Etymology

ashlike

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Today it means: Resembling or characteristic of ash. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English ash
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eHs-der.?
  2. Proto-Germanic*askǭ
  3. Proto-West Germanic*askā
  4. Old Englishæsce
  5. Middle Englishasche
  6. Englishash
  7. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  8. Proto-Germanic*līką
  9. English todayashlike

From ash + -like.

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