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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *askǭ.

Noun

*askā f

1. ash, ashes

   Synonym: *uslijā

Inflection

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

• 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, asch (obsolete), asse
      • 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)