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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *ō̂s-i-, -ja- (2) c.
Meaning: ash-tree
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: úosis, gen. -ies, -iō `Esche'
Lettish: uôsis, uôšis2, uôšs, uoša `Esche (Fraxinus excelsior)'
Old Prussian: woasis `Esche' V. 627
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *ōs-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: ash-tree
Old Greek: akher-ōí-s, -ídos f. `Weisspappel, Populus alba'
Slavic: *āsь (укр., русcк. диал. jas'); *ā́senь, *ā́senъ
Baltic: *ō̂s-i- (2) c.
Latin: ornus, gen. -ī f. `wilde Bergechse'
Celtic: *onnā; *onnistu-: Cymr onn-en f. `Esche', onn-en f. `Esche', Bret ounn-enn `Esche'; OIr huinnuis `Esche'
Russ. meaning: дерево (ясень)
References: WP I 184 f
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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: я́сень
Near etymology: м., род. п. -еня, укр. я́сень, болг. я́сен, диал. о́сен, о́сън, сербохорв. jа̏се̑н, словен. jásen, род. п. jaséna, jésen, род. п. jeséna, чеш. jasen, jesen, слвц. jasen, польск. jasień, jasion, в.-луж., н.-луж. jaseń, полаб. josén.
Further etymology: Праслав. *аsеnь родственно лит. úosis ж., род. п. úosies, úosis м., род. п. úosio "ясень", лтш. uôsis, др.-прусск. woasis, лат. ornus "вид ясеня, копье" (*оsеnоs), кимр. оnn-еn "fraхinus" (пракельт. *osnā), греч. ἀχερ-ωίς "белый тополь", далее -- др.-исл. askr "ясень", алб. аh "бук", греч. ὀξύη "бук, копье", арм. hаc̣i "ясень"; см. Бернекер I, 31; Траутман, ВSW 203; Арr. Sprd. 464 и сл.; Сольмсен, KZ 34, 32; Педерсен, Kelt. Gr. I, 86; IF 5, 44 и сл.; М.--Э. 4, 421; Хюбшман 465; Мейе--Вайан 84; Прельвиц, ВВ 24, 106; Г. Майер, Alb. Wb. 4; Шпехт 59.
Pages: 4,564
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 1432
Root: *ōs, ōs-i-s, ō̆s-en-, os-k-
English meaning: ash tree
German meaning: `Esche'
Material: Lat. ornus `wilde Bergesche' (*os-en-os); cymr. acorn. onn-en, bret. ounn-enn `Esche', cymr. Pl. onn, ynn (urkelt. *onnā < *osnā); air. (h)uinnius, Dat. uinnsinn (*onn-ist-ō) ds.; lit. úosis f., m., lett. uôsis m., apr. woasis (*ōsi-s; dazu illyr.-pannon. VN Osi, ON Osones); slav. *jasenь(*jasenъ) m. in serb. jȁsên, russ. jásenь;

    mit k-Erweiterung: arm. hac̣i `Esche', alb. ah `Buche' (*oskā); gr. ὀξύη `Buche, Speerschaft' (*ὀσκ[ε]σ-?); ligur. ON ᾽Οσκέλα `Eschenwald' (?); aisl. askr m. `Esche, Speer, Schiff', ags. æsc (germ. *askiz), ahd. asc `Esche';

    vgl. tscherem. oško `Esche'.

References: WP. I 183 f., WH. II 223, Trautmann 203, Specht Idg. Dekl. 59.
Pages: 782
PIE database: PIE database
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *ʔVkswV
Meaning: a k. of tree
Indo-European: *ōs-
Altaic: ?*gVša
Uralic: *oksa 'branch' ? (*okśa (Coll. 138) )
Dravidian: *agásti
References: МССНЯ 373, ОСНЯ 1, 255; ND 152 *[ʕ]oŝV(Ḳa) 'hard-wood tree, ash-tree'; compares also Turk. *os and Eg. ʕš 'cedar'. One should also note PY *ʔɔksi 'tree'.
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 1466
Proto: *oksa
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: branch
German meaning: Ast, Zweig
Finnish: oksa 'Ast, Zweig'
Estonian: oks (gen. oksa) 'Ast, Zweig', dial. oss-äkli 'Strauchegge'
Saam (Lapp): oak'se -vs- (N) 'branch, twig', åksē (L) 'Ast, Zweig', vi̊økse (T), uøks (Kld.) 'Zweig', oiχs (A) 'Ast, Zweig, Stufe'
Mari (Cheremis): ukš (KB U B), uks (M) 'Ast, Zweig'
Udmurt (Votyak): usi̮ (S), usǝ̑ (K) 'Egge', usị̑ (G) ( > Mari M ošo 'борона')
Komi (Zyrian): vos (vosk-) (Skr. Ud.) 'зуб, ответвление (у вил)'
Sammalahti's version: *oksa
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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *agásti
Meaning : a k. of tree (pea-tree)
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Proto-South Dravidian: *agasti
Proto-Telugu : *agis-
Notes : A rather strange trisyllabic root with a peculiar inlaut cluster (possibly of some obscure non-Dravidian origin, although Nostratic parallels are also available). // Present in 2/6 branches.
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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian : *agasti
Meaning : pea-tree
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Tamil : akatti, accam, acci
Tamil meaning : West Indian pea-tree, Sesbania grandiflora
Malayalam : akatti
Malayalam meaning : Sesbania grandiflora
Kannada : akace, agace, agase, agise
Kannada meaning : tree with large scarlet flowers, Sesbania (or Aeschynomene) grandiflora Poir.
Tulu : agase-mara
Tulu meaning : Agati grandiflora
Notes : Only an old inlaut cluster can account for the correspondences between Tamil and Kannada; the cluster is clearly seen in the Old Indian borrowing agasti-. Some of the Kannada forms (or even all of them) may actually be borrowed from Telugu, which would still leave us with the same correspondence, but between Tamil and Telugu.
Number in DED : 0005
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Telugu etymology :

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Proto-Telugu : *agis-
Meaning : a leguminous tree, Coronilla grandiflora or Aeschynomene grandiflora
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Telugu : agise (B)
Dialectal forms (1) : agiśa (B)
Dialectal forms (2) : avise-ceṭṭu (B)
Number in DED : 5
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