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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/anguz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰus, from *h₂enǵʰ-. Cognate with Latin angustus, Sanskrit अंहु (áṃhu), Proto-Slavic *ǫzъkъ (narrow, tight).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑŋ.ɡuz/

Adjective

*anguz (comparative *angwizô, superlative *angwistaz)[1]

  1. narrow, tight

Inflection

The stem is *angw- in all forms except those where *-u- follows.


Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *angī
    • Old English: ange, onge, ænge, enge
    • Old Frisian: *enge
      • Saterland Frisian: ääng
      • West Frisian: ing
      • Old Frisian: angneil, ongneil
    • Old Saxon: engi
      • Middle Low German: enge
        • German Low German: eng
    • Old Dutch: *engi
    • Old High German: engi, enge
  • Old Norse: ǫngr
    • Icelandic: öngur
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌿𐍃 (aggwus)

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*angwu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 28
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