| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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| ENTRY: | ais- |
| DEFINITION: | To wish, desire. Oldest form * 2eis-, colored to * 2ais-. Suffixed form *ais-sk-. ask, from Old English scian, csian, to ask, seek, from Germanic *aisk n. (Pokorny 1. ais- 16.) |
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