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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/angazaz

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

Likely a thematicization of an s-stem, Pre-Germanic *h₂enǵʰos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“to tighten”). Related to Latin angor (“suffocation, anxiety”), Sanskrit अंहस् (aṃhas, “anxiety”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑŋ.ɡɑ.zɑz/

Noun

*angazaz m[1]

  1. worry, grief, anxiety

Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *angazaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *angazaz *angazōz, *angazōs
vocative *angaz *angazōz, *angazōs
accusative *angazą *angazanz
genitive *angazas, *angazis *angazǫ̂
dative *angazai *angazamaz
instrumental *angazō *angazamiz

Descendants
  • Old Norse: angr
    • Icelandic: angur
    • Faroese: angur
    • Norwegian: anger
    • Old Swedish: anger
    • → Middle English: anger
  • → Proto-Finnic: *ankeda

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