Esch
English edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Esch (plural Esches)
- A surname from German.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Esch is the 10145th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3179 individuals. Esch is most common among White (96.6%) individuals.
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Dutch edit
Etymology edit
First attested as hesc in 773-774. Likely derived from Proto-West Germanic *aski (“ash forest”) (see *ask).
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Proper noun edit
Esch n
- A village and former municipality of Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
- Synonym: Oggelvorsenpoel (Carnival nickname)
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References edit
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
German edit
Etymology edit
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)”).[1][2]
Cognate with Middle Dutch esch, Gothic 𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺 (atisk).
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Noun edit
Esch m (strong, genitive Esches or Eschs, plural Esche)
Declension edit
Declension of Esch [masculine, strong]
Proper noun edit
Esch m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Eschs or (with an article) Esch, feminine genitive Esch, plural Eschs)
- a surname
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “atiska-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 39
- ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “հատ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 392