Where does “*ask” come from?
*ask (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic askaz, from Proto-Indo-European Heh₃s- — ash tree.
Ancestry of “*ask”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | askaz | ash tree |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | Heh₃s- | ash tree |