Asking
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Old English āscian, āhsian, āxian, of West Germanic origin.
wiktionary
From Middle English asking, askyng, askynge, from Old English āscung(“asking; question; inquiry”), equivalent to ask + -ing.
etymonline
asking (adj.)
c. 1200 (replacing Old English ascunge), present-participle adjective from ask (v.). Asking price is attested from 1755. To be asking for it (it = "trouble, injury," etc.) is from 1909.