Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/angô

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 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂énk-ō, from *h₂enk- (“curve, bend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑŋ.ɡɔːː/

Noun

*angô m

1. a bend; crook
2. hook; barb; angle
3. spear; dart
4. arrow

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *angô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*angô	*anganiz
vocative	*angô	*anganiz
accusative	*anganų	*anganunz
genitive	*anginiz	*anganǫ̂
dative	*angini	*angammaz
instrumental	*anginē	*angammiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *angō
  • Old English: anga, onga
    • >? Middle English: ange (“pain, trouble, grief”) (perhaps merged with Old English ange (“narrow, tight, anxious, vexed”, adj))
  • Old Saxon: ango
  • Old Dutch: *ango
    • Middle Dutch: anghe
  • Old High German: ango
    • Middle High German: ange m or f
      • Alemannic German: Ange
      • German: (dialectal) Ange
      • ⇒ Swabian: Halsanke
• Old Norse: angi (“spine, prickle”)
  • Faroese: angi
  • Icelandic: angi
• Gothic: *𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰 (*agga)
  • ⇒ Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐍃𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰 (halsagga)
  • → Galician: anga (“handle”)

Etymology 2

Cognate with Old Armenian անձն (anjn, “soul, person”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂én(h₁)ǵʰō or *h₂en(h₁)ǵʰḗn (“breath”), from a suffixed/extended form of the root *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”) as in *ananą.

Noun

*angô m

2. (North Germanic) smell, scent

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *angô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*angô	*anganiz
vocative	*angô	*anganiz
accusative	*anganų	*anganunz
genitive	*anginiz	*anganǫ̂
dative	*angini	*angammaz
instrumental	*anginē	*angammiz

Descendants

• Old Norse: angi
  • Icelandic: angi
  • Danish: ange