ask
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- the European ash (tree) Fraxinus excelsior
- a small box
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish asker inherited from Old Norse askr (wooden vessel, ash) inherited from Proto-Germanic *askaz (ash tree, spear) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ōs- (ash).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ōs-
Gloss
ash
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
灰
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Ashford English
- Ashley English
- Ashton English
- Nash English
- æsc English
- aski Finnish
- pastilliaski Finnish
- savukeaski Finnish
- tulitikkuaski Finnish
- tupakka-aski Finnish
- Ascarici Latin
- *h₃esk- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃osk- Proto-Indo-European
- *ōs- Proto-Indo-European
- ask Norwegian Bokmål
- *askaz Proto-Germanic
- tändsticka Swedish
- tändsticksask Swedish
- ask Norwegian Nynorsk
- de Old English
- æsc Old English
- askr Old Norse
- ask Danish
- æske Danish
- askur Icelandic
- asc Old High German
- ask Faroese
- askur Faroese
- *aska Old Dutch
- ask Old Saxon
- asker Old Swedish
- аскъ Old East Slavic
- ask Old Frisian