Ask

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See also: ask, ASK, and aşk

English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse Askr, from askr (ash tree).

Proper noun[edit]

Ask

  1. (Norse mythology) The first male human, according to the Poetic Edda.

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Swedish Ask, from ask (ash tree), ultimately also from askr (ash tree). Doublet of Ash.

Proper noun[edit]

Ask (plural Asks)

  1. A surname from Swedish.
Statistics[edit]
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Ask is the 37955th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 585 individuals. Ask is most common among White (95.56%) individuals.

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse Askr, from askr (ash tree). The given name may also be a short form of Áskell, whence also Åskjell and Askjell.[1] Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic Askur.

Proper noun[edit]

Ask m

  1. (Norse mythology) The first male human, according to the Poetic Edda
  2. a male given name from Old Norse, meaning “ash tree”

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Eivind Vågslid (1988) Norderlendske fyrenamn[1], →ISBN

Swedish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse Askr, from askr (ash tree).

Proper noun[edit]

Ask c (genitive Asks)

  1. (Norse mythology) Ask
  2. a male given name from Old Norse
    • 1916, Jämten; Heimbygdas Arsbok, page 45:
      Men den, som genom sitt uppförande i handel och vandel gjorde sig förtjänt av aktning och förtroende, kunde med tiden — även om han var "utlänning" — bli aktad som en av socknens egna barn. Det var t. ex. fallet med Ask Olof Andersson i Tunvågen, bördig från Dalarna [...]
      But, by his conduct in trade and business, he deserves respect and trust, and could with time, even though he was a foreigner, be regarded as one of the parish's own children. It was, for example, the case with Ask Olof Andersson in Tunvågen, by birth from Dalarna [...]

Etymology 2[edit]

From ask (ash tree).

Proper noun[edit]

Ask c (genitive Asks)

  1. a topographic surname

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