Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/askā

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *askǭ.

Noun edit

*askā f^[1]

ash, ashes
Synonym: *uslijā

Inflection edit

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*askā
Genitive	*askōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*askā	*askōn
Accusative	*askōn	*askōn
Genitive	*askōn	*askōnō
Dative	*askōn	askōm, askum
Instrumental	*askōn	askōm, askum

Descendants edit

Old English: æsce, asċe, axe, acse, ahse, axse, æxe
- Middle English: asshe, axe, aske, ash, assche, aysshe, asche, aisshe, asske, acxe, ass, esche, esk, eshe
  - English: ash
  - Scots: ess, asch, ais, as, askis
  - Yola: ashen, oaskean (plural)
Old Frisian: *aske, *eske
- Saterland Frisian: Ääske
- West Frisian: jiske
Old Saxon: aska
- Middle Low German: asche
  - German Low German: Asch
  - Plautdietsch: Ausch
Old Dutch: *aska
- Middle Dutch: asche
  - Dutch: as
    - Afrikaans: as
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: asi
    - Negerhollands: haschěsis, hassesje, assche, ašiši, hašiši, haši, babaši, aschies, assisje, az
Old High German: asca, aska
- Middle High German: asche
  - Alemannic German: Äsche
  - Cimbrian: èssa
  - German: Asche
  - Luxembourgish: Äsch
  - Vilamovian: oś
  - Yiddish: אַש (ash)

References edit

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 192: “PWGmc *askā, *askōn-”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 192: “PWGmc *askā, *askōn-”

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