heischen
German (Berlin)
/haɪ̯ʃən/
verb-weak
Definitions
- (transitive) to request, to ask, to bespeak
- (transitive) to beg, to implore
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German heischen inherited from Old High German heiscon derived from *aiskōn (demand, ask).
Origin
*aiskōn
Gloss
demand, ask
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
聞
Emoji
🙏
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- erheischen German
- *h₂eys- Proto-Indo-European
- ascian Old English
- āscian Old English
- eiscōn Old High German
- heiscon Old High German
- heischen Middle High German
- heizen Middle High German
- heeschen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *aiskōn gmw-pro
- *eiskon Old Dutch
- eskon Old Saxon
- askia Old Frisian
- āskia Old Frisian