LL-L "Etymology" 2009.05.14 (02) [EN]

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From: Ingmar Roerdinkholder <roerd096 at PLANET.NL>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2009.05.08 (02) [EN]

Hi folks

"Aks" may be an earlier form, but "ask" is closer to the original.
Dutch "eischen" (in older spelling) proves that the -sk- is the genuine
Germanic form.
The fact that English doesn't have "oash" but "ask" can mean that:
1) it is one of the numerous Scandinavian loans with sk for sh
2) the methatesis is old, and there must have been parrallell forms ask
and aks throug out history, which prevented -sk in ask to become -sh..

Kind regards, Ingmar

ron wrote:
Isn't another word like this "ask" whose English dialectical and Scots
form "aks" is the earlier one?

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