Etymology of asker

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗

noun

Someone who asks a question.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

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 Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós Proto-Italic *-āsijos Proto-Italic *-āsios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English askere English asker Inherited from Middle English askere. By surface analysis, ask + -er.

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗

noun

A newt.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Middle English ascre, a variant (with uncertain suffix) of Middle English aske (“newt”). More at ask.

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Inherited-form mentionascreenm
Cognate mentionaskeenm · newt

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Source etymology 2

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