Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aiskōn

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 *aisk +‎ *-ōn.

Verb

*aiskōn

1. to claim
2. to demand, ask for

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*aiskōn
1st sg. past	*aiskōdā
Infinitive	*aiskōn
Genitive infin.	*aiskōnijas
Dative infin.	*aiskōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*aiskōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*aiskō	*aiskōdā
2nd singular	*aiskōs	*aiskōdēs, *aiskōdōs
3rd singular	*aiskōþ	*aiskōdē, *aiskōdā
1st plural	*aiskōm	*aiskōdum
2nd plural	*aiskōþ	*aiskōdud
3rd plural	*aiskōnþ	*aiskōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*aiskō	*aiskōdī
2nd singular	*aiskōs	*aiskōdī
3rd singular	*aiskō	*aiskōdī
1st plural	*aiskōm	*aiskōdīm
2nd plural	*aiskōþ	*aiskōdīd
3rd plural	*aiskōn	*aiskōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*aiskō
Plural	*aiskōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*aiskōndī	*aiskōd

Derived terms

• *aisk
• *aiskijā
• *aiskungu

Descendants

• Old English: āscian, ācsian, āxian, acsiġan, æscian, æxian, axian, axiġan, axiġean, āhsian, ahsian
  • Middle English: askien, axen, aschen, eskien, eschen, aishen
    • English: ask, aks, ax
      • Sranan Tongo: aksi
    • Scots: ask, as, ax
• Old Frisian: āskia, āschia
  • Saterland Frisian: aaskje
  • West Frisian: easkje
• Old Saxon: ēskōn, ēskian, ēscōn, ēscian
  • Middle Low German: êschen, eischen
    • Low German: eschen
    • → Danish: æske
    • → Swedish: äska
    • → Norwegian: eske
• Old Dutch: *eiskon
  • Middle Dutch: eischen
    • Dutch: eisen
      • Afrikaans: eis
    • Limburgish: eisje
• Old High German: eiscōn
  • Middle High German: eischen, heischen
    • German: heischen (influenced by *haitan)
    • Luxembourgish: heeschen (fully merged)