Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ask

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 Proto-Germanic *askaz.

Noun

*ask m

1. ash tree

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ask
Genitive	*askas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ask	*askō, *askōs
Accusative	*ask	*askā
Genitive	*askas	*askō
Dative	*askē	*askum
Instrumental	*asku	*askum

Descendants

• Old English: æsċ
  • Middle English: asshe
    • English: ash
    • Scots: aish, esh
  • → English: æsc (learned)
• Old Frisian: ask
  • West Frisian: esk
• Old Saxon: ask
  • Middle Low German: esk
    • Plautdietsch: Asch
• Old Dutch: *ask
  • Middle Dutch: esk
    • Dutch: es
• Old High German: asc
  • Middle High German: asche, esche
    • Cimbrian: ess
    • German: Esche
    • Luxembourgish: Esch
    • Yiddish: אַשבוים (ashboym)
  • ⇒? German: Essen (see there for further descendants)