Learned borrowing from Old English esne, from Proto-West Germanic *asnī, from Proto-Germanic *asnijaz (“day labourer, hireling”), from Proto-Germanic *asniz, *asunz (“reward”), from Proto-Indo-European *os(e)n-, *es(e)n- (“summer, harvest, harvest-time”). Related to Old English earnian (“to labor for, strive after, deserve as the reward of labor, merit, earn, win”). More at earn.
esne (plural esnes)
From Proto-Basque *ezene.
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indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | esne | esnea | esneak |
ergative | esnek | esneak | esneek |
dative | esneri | esneari | esneei |
genitive | esneren | esnearen | esneen |
comitative | esnerekin | esnearekin | esneekin |
causative | esnerengatik | esnearengatik | esneengatik |
benefactive | esnerentzat | esnearentzat | esneentzat |
instrumental | esnez | esneaz | esneez |
inessive | esnetan | esnean | esneetan |
locative | esnetako | esneko | esneetako |
allative | esnetara | esnera | esneetara |
terminative | esnetaraino | esneraino | esneetaraino |
directive | esnetarantz | esnerantz | esneetarantz |
destinative | esnetarako | esnerako | esneetarako |
ablative | esnetatik | esnetik | esneetatik |
partitive | esnerik | — | — |
prolative | esnetzat | — | — |
esne
From es (“are”), 2nd person singular of sum (“to be”) + -ne (“focusing enclitic particle of polar questions”).
esne
Used to ask yes-no, polar questions related to existence or being, e.g. Esne senātor? (Are you a senator?)
From Proto-West Germanic *asnī, from Proto-Germanic *asunz.
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