Etymology

askest

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English ask ← Middle English asken ← Old English āscian
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eys-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂isḱéti
  3. Proto-Germanic*iskaną
  4. Proto-Germanic*aiskaz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*aisk
  6. Proto-West Germanic*aiskōn
  7. Old Englishāscian
  8. Middle Englishasken
  9. Englishask
  10. English todayaskest

From ask + -est.

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