Proto-West Germanic

*aiskōn

‘to claim’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn.

7 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn, most familiar first.

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

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn