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
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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eys-