es

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) ash, ash tree, Fraxinus excelsior
2. (masculine) ash, any tree of the genus Fraxinus

Adv

Alternative form of eens (“once”)

Concepts

ash

ash tree

be

ash wood

Synonyms

essenhout

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɛs/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch essche, from Old Dutch *aska, from Proto-West Germanic *ask, from Proto-Germanic *askaz, *askiz.
Compare West Frisian esk, English ash, German Esche, Danish ask, compare Welsh onnen, Latin ornus (“wild mountain ash”), Lithuanian úosis, Russian ясень (jasenʹ), Albanian ah (“beech”), Ancient Greek ὀξύα (oxúa, “beech”), Old Armenian հացի (hacʻi).