Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aiskō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *h₂oys-sk-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eysk-, sk-present to *h₂eys-. Compare Russian искать (iskatʹ, “to look for, search”), Sanskrit इच्छति (icchati, “to long for, wish”), Old Armenian հայց (haycʿ, “demand, request; seeking”), այց (aycʿ, “visit, inspection”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯s.kɔː/

Noun

*aiskō f

1. demand, question, inspection

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *aiskō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*aiskō	*aiskôz
vocative	*aiskō	*aiskôz
accusative	*aiskǭ	*aiskōz
genitive	*aiskōz	*aiskǫ̂
dative	*aiskōi	*aiskōmaz
instrumental	*aiskō	*aiskōmiz

Derived terms

• *aiskijǭ
• *aiskōną

Descendants

• Old Frisian: āske
• Old Saxon: *ēska
  • Middle Low German: êsche, eische
• Old High German: eiska
  • Middle High German: eische

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill