An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Esche

by Friedrich Kluge

Esche, f., ‘ash, ash-tree,’ from the equiv. MidHG. asch, OHG. asc, m.; corresponding to Du. esch, AS. œsc, E. ash, OIc. askr, ‘ash.’ The remoter cognates, Slav. jasika, Lith. ůsís, with the same meaning; Gr. ὀξύη, ‘a kind of beech,’ and Lat. aesculus, ‘winter oak,’ are not allied.