Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aiskungu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *aiskōn (“to claim, ask for”) +‎ *-ungu.

Verb

*aiskungu

1. gerund of *aiskōn

Noun

*aiskungu f

1. inquiry, question

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*aiskungu
Genitive	*aiskungā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*aiskungu	*aiskungō
Accusative	*aiskungā	*aiskungā
Genitive	*aiskungā	*aiskungō
Dative	*aiskungē	*aiskungōm, *aiskungum
Instrumental	*aiskungu	*aiskungōm, *aiskungum

Descendants

• Old English: āscung, ācsung, āxung
  • Middle English: asking, askynge
    • English: asking
    • Scots: asking, askin
• Old Frisian: āskinge
  • Saterland Frisian: Aaskenge
• Old Saxon: *ēskunga
  • Middle Low German: êschinge, eischinge, hêschinge
• Old Dutch: *eiskunga
  • Middle Dutch: eischinghe, eisscinge, esscinge, eesscinge, heesscinge, heescinge, heiscinge
    • Dutch: eising
• Old High German: eiskunga
  • Middle High German: eischunge, heischunge
    • German: Heischung