Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo request (information, or an answer to a question). · To request or enquire of (a person). · To request (an item or service) (see also ask for). · To request (someone to do something).
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eys- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *h₂isḱéti Proto-Germanic *iskaną Proto-Germanic *aiskaz Proto-West Germanic *aisk Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-West Germanic *-ōn Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn Old English āscian Middle English asken English ask From Middle English asken, axen, from Old English āscian, from Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eys- (“to wish; request”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian aaskje (“to ask, demand, require”), West Frisian easkje (“to ask, demand, require”), Dutch eisen (“to demand, require”), German heischen (“to ask, request, implore”), Russian иска́ть (iskátʹ), Sanskrit इच्छति (iccháti) (whence Hindi ईछना (īchnā).
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- Inherited-form mentionaskenenm
- Inherited-form mentionāscianang
- Inherited-form mention*aiskōngmw-pro
- Derivation mention*h₂eys-ine-pro · to wish; request
- Cognate mentionaaskjestq · to ask, demand, require
- Cognate mentioneaskjefy · to ask, demand, require
- Cognate mentioneisennl · to demand, require
- Cognate mentionheischende · to ask, request, implore
- Cognate mentionиска́тьru
- Cognate mentionइच्छतिsa
- Cognate mentionईछनाhi
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