Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aiskungu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *aiskōn (“to claim, ask for”) +‎ *-ungu.

Verb

*aiskungu

gerund of *aiskōn

Noun

*aiskungu f

inquiry, question

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*aiskungu
Genitive	*aiskungā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*aiskungu	*aiskungō
Accusative	*aiskungā	*aiskungā
Genitive	*aiskungā	*aiskungō
Dative	*aiskungē	aiskungōm, aiskungum
Instrumental	*aiskungu	aiskungōm, aiskungum

Descendants

Old English: āscung, ācsung, āxung
- Middle English: asking, askynge
  - English: asking
  - Scots: asking, askin
Old Frisian: āskinge
- Saterland Frisian: Aaskenge
Old Saxon: *ēskunga
- Middle Low German: êschinge, eischinge, hêschinge
Old Dutch: *eiskunga
- Middle Dutch: eischinghe, eisscinge, esscinge, eesscinge, heesscinge, heescinge, heiscinge
  - Dutch: eising
Old High German: eiskunga
- Middle High German: eischunge, heischunge
  - German: Heischung