asshe

Middle English

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-der.?

Proto-Germanic *askǭ

Proto-West Germanic *askā

Old English æsce

Middle English asshe

From Old English æsce, from Proto-West Germanic *askā, from Proto-Germanic *askǭ.

Alternative forms

• axe, aske, ash, assche, aysshe, asche, aisshe, asske, acxe, ass, esche, esk, eshe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʃ(ə)/, /ˈɛʃ(ə)/, /ˈask(ə)/, /ˈaks(ə)/

Noun

asshe (plural asshen or asshes or asshe or asken)

2. ashes (the powdery matter produced by a fire, often used in medicine and cooking)
3. The remnants of a lifeform (generally after cremating)
4. The matter which one's physical form is made of; bodily matter.
5. (figuratively) Death, mortality; the end of one's life.
6. (Christianity) Ashes utilised in ceremonies to represent forgiveness.
7. (rare) An ashpit.

Usage notes

This noun is usually used in the plural, but singular forms appear as well.

Derived terms

• Aschewednysday
• asshen
• asshy

Descendants

• English: ash
• Scots: ess, asch, ais, as, askis
• Yola: ashen, oaskean (plural)

References

• “assh(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 22 July 2018.

Etymology 2

From Old English æsc, from Proto-West Germanic *ask, from Proto-Germanic *askaz.

Alternative forms

• asch, haish, asche, assh, aissh, ashe, esch, assche

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʃ/, /ɛʃ/
• Rhymes: -aʃ

Noun

asshe (plural esshys or asshen)

2. ash (tree of the genus Fraxinus)
3. The lumber resulting from cut ash.

Derived terms

• asshen

Descendants

• English: ash
• Scots: aish, esh

References

• “assh(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 22 July 2018.

Etymology 3

Verb

asshe

1. (Manx or Southern, Late Middle English) alternative form of asken (“to ask”)