Esch

Meaning

Noun

field; pasture; plot of land

Name

a surname

Concepts

Esch

Translations

Esch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɛʃ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: esch

Inherited from Old High German: ezzisc

Cognate with Latin: ador

Cognate with Hittite:

Cognate with Middle Dutch: esch

Cognate with Gothic: 𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺

In summary

Partly from Middle High German esch, ezzisch, from Old High German ezzisc, and partly from Middle Low German esch, *etsch, from Old Saxon etisk, all from Proto-Germanic *atiska- (“grainfield”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂edos- (“sort of cereal, grain”), related to Latin ador (“spelt”), Hittite [script needed] (ḫattāi-, “to cut (grain)”).
Cognate with Middle Dutch esch, Gothic 𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺 (atisk).