English
asse
Asse may come from Afrikaans asse ‘ashes’.
- Afrikaansmodernasse‘ashes’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1906same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Afrikaansmodernasse‘ashes’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1906same form
Earliest quotation: 1906, Praagh, L. V: “and the little Asse Fox (Canis chama).”
Linked words
through Proto-West Germanic *askā
Today it means
noun A Cape fox (Vulpes chama).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Afrikaans asse / asse