Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/anafangi

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *ana- +‎ *fangi. Old Norse áfang n is either a parallel formation or a loan or cognate with a change in gender.

Noun

*anafangi m

1. embrace, grasp

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*anafangi
Genitive	*anafangī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*anafangi	*anafangī
Accusative	*anafangi	*anafangī
Genitive	*anafangī	*anafangijō
Dative	*anafangī	*anafangim, *anafangijum
Instrumental	*anafangī	*anafangim, *anafangijum

Descendants

• Old English: onfenġ
• Old Frisian: anfeng, onefeng
  • >? West Frisian: oanfang
• Old Dutch: *anafang
  • Middle Dutch: aenvanc
    • Dutch: aanvang
    • Limburgish: aanvank
• Old Saxon: anafang
  • Middle Low German: anevanc, anvanc
    • German Low German: Anfang
    • Plautdietsch: Aunfang
• Old High German: anafang, anafanc, anefang, anavanch, anavang
  • Middle High German: anevanc, anvanc
    • Alemannic German: Afang
    • Central Franconian: Afank
    • German: Anfang, Anf. (abbreviation)
      • → Finnish: anfangi
      • → Hunsrik: aanfank
      • → Silesian: anfang
      • → Swedish: anfang
    • Luxembourgish: Ufank
    • Rhine Franconian:

      Palatine German: Aafang

      Pennsylvania German: Aafang

References

• Christopher Gordon Bailey (January 1997), The Etymology of the Old High German Weak Verb: Volume I, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, page 79: “WGmc *anafangaz^[sic]”