Where does “ask” come from?

ask (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic *ask, from Proto-Germanic askaz, from Proto-Indo-European Heh₃s- — ash tree.

ask (Old Saxon): ash tree; spear

Definitions

  1. ash tree; spear

Ancestry of “ask”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*askash tree
2Proto-Germanicaskazash tree
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanHeh₃s-ash tree

Words derived from “ask”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European Heh₃s- →Every word from Proto-Germanic askaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *ask →