Old English · noun
ascung
Normalised āscung
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /ˈɑːs.kunɡ/[ˈɑːs.kuŋɡ]
- Syllables
- ˈɑːs · kunɡ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- questionasking
Meaning
-
question
-
inquiry
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *aiskungu, equivalent to āscian + -ung. Cognate with Old Frisian āskinge, Old High German eiscunga, Middle Low German êschinge, Middle Dutch eischinge.
Descendants
asking
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