asshe
Middle English
/ˈaʃ(ə)/, /aʃ/
noun
Definitions
- ashes the powdery matter produced by a fire, often used in medicine and cooking
- The remnants of a lifeform generally after cremating
- The matter which one's physical form is made of; bodily matter.
- (figuratively) Death, mortality; the end of one's life.
- (Christianity) Ashes utilised in ceremonies to represent forgiveness.
- (rare) An ashpit.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English æsce inherited from *askā (ash) inherited from Proto-Germanic *askǭ (ash, ashes).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*askǭ
Gloss
ash, ashes
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
灰
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Ash Wednesday English
- Ashford English
- ash English
- ash bread English
- ash cake English
- ashbin English
- ashcake English
- ashcan English
- ashdump English
- ashen English
- ashery English
- ashfall English
- ashflow English
- ashing English
- ashless English
- ashlike English
- ashling English
- ashpan English
- ashpit English
- ashplant English
- ashtray English
- ashweed English
- ashwood English
- ashy English
- deash English
- pearlash English
- satinash English
- as Dutch, Flemish
- *h₂eHs- Proto-Indo-European
- *askǭ Proto-Germanic
- æsce Old English
- æscen Old English
- æsċen Old English
- Aschewednysday Middle English
- Wednesday Middle English
- asche Middle English
- assche Middle English
- asshen Middle English
- asshy Middle English
- aska Old Norse
- ascua Galician
- asca Old High German
- 𐌰𐌶𐌲𐍉 Gothic
- *askā gmw-pro
- *aska Old Dutch
- *aho Proto-Finnic
- aska Old Saxon
- *eske Old Frisian
- aska lng