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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aiskōn
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *aiskōną.
Verb
*aiskōn[1]
- to ask for, to seek, to demand
Inflection
| Class 2 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *aiskōn | |
| 1st sg. past | *aiskōdā | |
| Infinitive | *aiskōn | |
| Genitive infin. | *aiskōnijas | |
| Dative infin. | *aiskōnijē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *aiskōniju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *aiskō | *aiskōdā |
| 2nd singular | *aiskōs | *aiskōdēs, *aiskōdōs |
| 3rd singular | *aiskōþ | *aiskōdē, *aiskōdā |
| 1st plural | *aiskōm | *aiskōdum |
| 2nd plural | *aiskōþ | *aiskōdud |
| 3rd plural | *aiskōnþ | *aiskōdun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *aiskō | *aiskōdī |
| 2nd singular | *aiskōs | *aiskōdī |
| 3rd singular | *aiskō | *aiskōdī |
| 1st plural | *aiskōm | *aiskōdīm |
| 2nd plural | *aiskōþ | *aiskōdīd |
| 3rd plural | *aiskōn | *aiskōdīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *aiskō | |
| Plural | *aiskōþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *aiskōndī | *aiskōd |
Descendants
- Old English: āscian, ācsian, āxian, acsiġan, æscian, æxian, axian, axiġan, axiġean, āhsian, ahsian
- Middle English: askien, axen, aschen, eskien, eschen, aishen
- English: ask, aks, ax
- Scots: ask, as, ax
- Middle English: askien, axen, aschen, eskien, eschen, aishen
- Old Frisian: āskia
- North Frisian: eske, äske
- Saterland Frisian: aaskje
- West Frisian: easkje
- Old Saxon: ēskon
- Middle Low German: eisken, eischen, eissen
- Low German: eschen
- → Danish: æske
- → Swedish: äska
- → Norwegian: eske
- Middle Low German: eisken, eischen, eissen
- Old Dutch: *eiskon
- Middle Dutch: eischen
- Dutch: eisen
- Afrikaans: eis
- Limburgish: eisje
- Dutch: eisen
- Middle Dutch: eischen
- Old High German: eiscōn
- Middle High German: eischen, heischen
- German: heischen (influenced by *haitaną)
- Luxembourgish: heeschen (fully merged)
- Middle High German: eischen, heischen
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 126: “*aiskōn”