Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aiskōn

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *aisk +‎ *-ōn.

Verb

*aiskōn^[1]

to claim
to demand, ask for

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*aiskōn
1st sg. past	*aiskōdā
Infinitive	*aiskōn
Genitive infin.	*aiskōnijas
Dative infin.	*aiskōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*aiskōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*aiskō	*aiskōdā
2nd singular	*aiskōs	aiskōdēs, aiskōdōs
3rd singular	*aiskōþ	aiskōdē, aiskōdā
1st plural	*aiskōm	*aiskōdum
2nd plural	*aiskōþ	*aiskōdud
3rd plural	*aiskōnþ	*aiskōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*aiskō	*aiskōdī
2nd singular	*aiskōs	*aiskōdī
3rd singular	*aiskō	*aiskōdī
1st plural	*aiskōm	*aiskōdīm
2nd plural	*aiskōþ	*aiskōdīd
3rd plural	*aiskōn	*aiskōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*aiskō
Plural	*aiskōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*aiskōndī	*aiskōd

Derived terms

Descendants

Old English: āscian, ācsian, āxian, acsiġan, æscian, æxian, axian, axiġan, axiġean, āhsian, ahsian
- Middle English: askien, axen, aschen, eskien, eschen, aishen
  - English: ask, aks, ax
    - Sranan Tongo: aksi
  - Scots: ask, as, ax
Old Frisian: āskia, āschia
- Saterland Frisian: aaskje
- West Frisian: easkje
Old Saxon: ēskōn, ēskian, ēscōn, ēscian
- Middle Low German: êschen, eischen
  - Low German: eschen
  - → Danish: æske
  - → Swedish: äska
  - → Norwegian: eske
Old Dutch: *eiskon
- Middle Dutch: eischen
  - Dutch: eisen
    - Afrikaans: eis
  - Limburgish: eisje
Old High German: eiscōn
- Middle High German: eischen, heischen
  - German: heischen (influenced by *haitan)
  - Luxembourgish: heeschen (fully merged)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 126: “*aiskōn”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 126: “*aiskōn”

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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aiskōn

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