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

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)