chimney-hood over a stove
From Middle High German esse, from Old High German essa (“furnace”), from Proto-Germanic *asjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- (“to dry, burn, glow; hearth, ashes”). Related to Asche, English ash.
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