Proto-Indo-European

*h₂eys-

‘to request’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₂eys-.

7 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eys-, most familiar first.

• ask ← asken ← āscian ← *aiskōn ← *aisk
• asking ← askinge ← āsciende ← *aiskōndī ← *aiskōn
• axe ← āscian ← *aiskōn ← *aisk ← *aiskaz
• ax ← axen ← ācsian ← āscian ← *aiskōn
• aks ← āscian ← *aiskōn ← *aisk ← *aiskaz
• asker ← asken ← āscian ← *aiskōn ← *aisk
• asken ← āscian ← *aiskōn ← *aisk ← *aiskaz

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eys-