Etymograph

English

asse

Asse may come from Afrikaans asse ‘ashes’.

  1. Afrikaansmodernasse1‘ashes’uncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1906asse1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English asse
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1906, Praagh, L. V: “and the little Asse Fox (Canis chama).”.

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. AfrikaansmodernasseWiktionary, English asse‘ashes’uncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1906asseWiktionary, English asse. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1906, Praagh, L. V: “and the little Asse Fox (Canis chama).”

Linked words

through Proto-West Germanic *askā

ash, ashy, ashen

Today it means

noun A Cape fox (Vulpes chama).

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “asse”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Afrikaans asse / asse

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