Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/angustiz

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From *anguz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ-. Compare Latin angustia, from the same PIE root.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

*angustiz f[1]

  1. narrowness, tightness
  2. fear, anxiety

Inflection[edit]

i-stemDeclension of *angustiz (i-stem)
singular plural
nominative *angustiz *angustīz
vocative *angusti *angustīz
accusative *angustį *angustinz
genitive *angustīz *angustijǫ̂
dative *angustī *angustimaz
instrumental *angustī *angustimiz

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

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