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
Ancestry of “ask”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | *ask | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | askaz | ash tree |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | Heh₃s- | ash tree |