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 (“narrow, tight”), from *h₂enǵʰ- (“to constrict”). Cognate with Latin angustus, Sanskrit अंहु (áṃhu), Proto-Slavic *ǫzъkъ (“narrow, tight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑŋ.ɡuz/

Adjective

*anguz (comparative *angwizô, superlative *angwistaz)

1. narrow, tight

Inflection

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

Declension of *anguz (u-stem)

Strong declension
	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*anguz	*angwī	*angų, *-jatō		*angwijai	*angwijôz	*angwijō
accusative	*angwijanǭ	*angwijǭ	*angų, *-jatō		*angwijanz	*angwijōz	*angwijō
genitive	*angwijas, *angwīs	*angwijaizōz	*angwijas, *angwīs		*angwijaizǫ̂	*angwijaizǫ̂	*angwijaizǫ̂
dative	*angwijammai	*angwijaizōi	*angwijammai		*angwijaimaz	*angwijaimaz	*angwijaimaz
instrumental	*angwijanō	*angwijaizō	*angwijanō		*angwijaimiz	*angwijaimiz	*angwijaimiz
Weak declension
	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*angwijô	*angwijǭ	*angwijô		*angwijaniz	*angwijōniz	*angwijōnō
accusative	*angwijanų	*angwijōnų	*angwijô		*angwijanunz	*angwijōnunz	*angwijōnō
genitive	*angwīniz	*angwijōniz	*angwīniz		*angwijanǫ̂	*angwijōnǫ̂	*angwijanǫ̂
dative	*angwīni	*angwijōni	*angwīni		*angwijammaz	*angwijōmaz	*angwijammaz
instrumental	*angwīnē	*angwijōnē	*angwīnē		*angwijammiz	*angwijōmiz	*angwijammiz

Derived terms

• *angustiz
• *angwāną
• *angwijaną

Related terms

• *angazaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *angī
  • Old English: ange, onge, ænge, enge
    • Middle English: ange
    • ⇒ Old English: angnæġl
      • Middle English: agnail
        • English: agnail
          • ⇒ English: hangnail (by folk etymology)
        • Scots: angernail, wrangnail, ragnail
  • Old Frisian: *enge
    • Saterland Frisian: ääng
    • West Frisian: ing
    • ⇒ Old Frisian: angneil, ongneil
  • Old Saxon: engi
    • Middle Low German: enge
      • German Low German: eng
      • Plautdietsch: enj
  • Old Dutch: *engi
    • Middle Dutch: enge
      • Dutch: eng
        • Afrikaans: eng
        • →? English: eng
      • Limburgish: ing
  • Old High German: engi, enge
    • Middle High German: enge
      • Cimbrian: énghe
      • German: eng
      • Hunsrik: eng
      • Luxembourgish: enk
      • Rhine Franconian: eng (Frankfurt)
      • Yiddish: ענג (eng)
• Old Norse: ǫngr
  • Icelandic: öngur
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌿𐍃 (aggwus)