äska

== Swedish == === Etymology 1 === From Old Swedish æskia (“to demand; to invite”), from Middle Low German eschen or Middle Low German eischen, from Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn. Cognate with English ask. ==== Verb ==== äska (present äskar, preterite äskade, supine äskat, imperative äska) (dated) request (in particular a certain amount of money) ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 2 === From dialectal äska ("little box"), from ask (“box”), from Old Swedish asker, from Old Norse askr, from Proto-Germanic *askaz. ==== Noun ==== äska c box made out of heat-bent wood ===== Declension ===== === References === äska in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) äska in Svensk ordbok (SO) äska (1) in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922) äska (2) in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)