esk

Middle English

Noun

esk

1. Alternative form of asshe (“burnt matter”)

West Frisian

esk — ash tree

Etymology

From Old Frisian ask, from Proto-Germanic *askaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃esk-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛsk/

Noun

esk c (plural esken, diminutive eskje)

1. ash (tree of the genus Fraxinus)

Further reading

• “esk”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011