Where does “*ask” come from?

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

*ask (Proto-West Germanic): ash tree

Definitions

  1. ash tree

Ancestry of “*ask”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicaskazash tree
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanHeh₃s-ash tree

Words derived from “*ask”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European Heh₃s- →Every word from Proto-Germanic askaz →
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