Ask
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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Norse Askr, from askr (“ash tree”).
Proper noun
[edit]Ask
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Swedish Ask, from ask (“ash tree”), ultimately also from askr (“ash tree”). Doublet of Ash.
Proper noun
[edit]Ask (plural Asks)
- A surname from Swedish.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Ask is the 37955th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 585 individuals. Ask is most common among White (95.56%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ask”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 63.
Anagrams
[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare ask (“ash tree”); from Old Norse Askr, from askr (“ash tree”). The given name may also be a short form of Áskell, whence also Åskjell and Askjell.[1] Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic Askur.
Proper noun
[edit]Ask m (definite Asken)
- (Norse mythology) The first male human, according to the Poetic Edda
- a male given name from Old Norse, meaning “ash tree”
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Eivind Vågslid (1988) Norderlendske fyrenamn[1] (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN
Swedish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Norse Askr, from askr (“ash tree”).
Proper noun
[edit]Ask c (genitive Asks)
- (Norse mythology) Ask
- a male given name from Old Norse
- 1916, Jämten; Heimbygdas Arsbok, page 45:
- Men den, som genom sitt uppförande i handel och vandel gjorde sig förtjänt av aktning och förtroende, kunde med tiden — även om han var "utlänning" — bli aktad som en av socknens egna barn. Det var t. ex. fallet med Ask Olof Andersson i Tunvågen, bördig från Dalarna [...]
- But, by his conduct in trade and business, he deserves respect and trust, and could with time, even though he was a foreigner, be regarded as one of the parish's own children. It was, for example, the case with Ask Olof Andersson in Tunvågen, by birth from Dalarna [...]
Etymology 2
[edit]From ask (“ash tree”).
Proper noun
[edit]Ask c (genitive Asks)
- a topographic surname
Anagrams
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- English doublets
- English surnames
- English surnames from Swedish
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- nn:Norse mythology
- Norwegian Nynorsk given names
- Norwegian Nynorsk male given names
- Norwegian Nynorsk male given names from Old Norse
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- sv:Norse mythology
- Swedish given names
- Swedish male given names
- Swedish male given names from Old Norse
- Swedish terms with quotations
- Swedish surnames