Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aiskijā

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 *aiskōn (“to demand, ask for”) +‎ *-jā.

Noun

*aiskijā f

1. question, inquiry
2. request, demand
3. claim

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*aiskijā
Genitive	*aiskijōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*aiskijā	*aiskijōn
Accusative	*aiskijōn	*aiskijōn
Genitive	*aiskijōn	*aiskijōnō
Dative	*aiskijōn	*aiskijōm, *aiskijum
Instrumental	*aiskijōn	*aiskijōm, *aiskijum

Related terms

• *aisk
• *aiskōn
• *aisku

Descendants

• Old English: ǣsce (“asking, inquiry, search”)
  • Middle English: axe, as
    • >? English: ask
• Old High German: *eiskia, *eiskī
  • Middle High German: eiskī