Kasch
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]- As a German surname, variant of Karsch, from Middle Low German karsch (“merry, lively”), a scant attested Germanic word related to Old Norse karskr (“agile, fresh”), derived by Pokorny from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ger- (“to awake”), see also Ancient Greek ἐγείρω (egeírō), Albanian ngre.
- As a Lower Sorbian surname, Germanized from Kaš, shortened from Łukaš (see Lukas).
Proper noun
[edit]Kasch (plural Kasches)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Kasch is the 32865th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 698 individuals. Kasch is most common among White (94.41%) individuals.
References
[edit]- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “390”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 390
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kasch”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 280.
Pennsylvania German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German kirse.
Noun
[edit]Kasch
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- English terms derived from Middle Low German
- English terms derived from Germanic languages
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from Lower Sorbian
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- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from German
- Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Middle High German
- Pennsylvania German terms derived from Middle High German
- Pennsylvania German lemmas
- Pennsylvania German nouns