English
asker
Asker comes from Middle English asker ‘one who prays towards or supplicates a divinity’, from asken ‘to ask for’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eys- ‘to request’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eys-‘to request’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂isḱéti‘to be seeking, searching’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*aiskazreconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*aisk‘claim’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanic, derivedc. 200–500 CE*aiskōn‘to claim’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150āscian‘to ask’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500asken‘to ask for’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500asker‘one who prays towards or supplicates a divinity’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eys-‘to request’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂isḱéti‘to be seeking, searching’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*aiskazreconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*aisk‘claim’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanic, derivedc. 200–500 CE*aiskōn‘to claim’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150āscian‘to ask’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500asken‘to ask for’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500asker‘one who prays towards or supplicates a divinity’
- Englishtodaysame form
Formed from ask + -er
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eys- ‘to wish’
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Proto-West Germanic *aisk ‘question’
Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn ‘to claim’
Old English āscian ‘to ask’
Middle English asken ‘to ask about’
English ask
Linked words
through Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn ‘to claim’
through Old English āscian ‘to ask’
through Middle English asken ‘to ask for’
Another origin of asker
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ascre
- Englishtodayasker
Today it means
noun Someone who asks a question.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eys- / asker