ask
Danish
/ask/
noun
Definitions
- common ash (tree, Fraxinus excelsior)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse askr (wooden vessel, ash) inherited from Proto-Germanic *askaz (ash tree, spear).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*askaz
Gloss
ash tree, spear
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
戈
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Ascarici Latin
- es Dutch, Flemish
- esdoorn Dutch, Flemish
- esdorp Dutch, Flemish
- eslook Dutch, Flemish
- *h₃esk- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃osk- Proto-Indo-European
- *ōs- Proto-Indo-European
- ask Norwegian Bokmål
- *askaz Proto-Germanic
- ask Norwegian Nynorsk
- æsc Old English
- askr Old Norse
- æske Danish
- askur Icelandic
- essche Middle Dutch
- asc Old High German
- ask Faroese
- askur Faroese
- *aska Old Dutch
- ask Old Saxon
- asker Old Swedish
- аскъ Old East Slavic
- ask Old Frisian