According to Beekes, it is clearly a loanword. Perhaps from Lydian, or from Pre-Greek. Furnée compares ἄσκαρος (áskaros, “kind of shoe”).
ἀσκέρᾰ • (askéră) f (genitive ἀσκέρᾱς); first declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ ἀσκέρᾰ hē askéră |
τὼ ἀσκέρᾱ tṑ askérā |
αἱ ἀσκέραι hai askérai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἀσκέρᾱς tês askérās |
τοῖν ἀσκέραιν toîn askérain |
τῶν ἀσκερῶν tôn askerôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἀσκέρᾳ têi askérāi |
τοῖν ἀσκέραιν toîn askérain |
ταῖς ἀσκέραις taîs askérais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἀσκέρᾰν tḕn askérăn |
τὼ ἀσκέρᾱ tṑ askérā |
τᾱ̀ς ἀσκέρᾱς tā̀s askérās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀσκέρᾰ askéră |
ἀσκέρᾱ askérā |
ἀσκέραι askérai | ||||||||||
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