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

    A thematicization of an s-stem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰos, from *h₂enǵʰ- (“to tighten”). Related to Latin angor (“suffocation, anxiety”), Sanskrit अंहस् (aṃhas, “anxiety”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈɑŋ.ɡɑ.zɑz/

    Noun

    *angazaz m[1](North Germanic)

    1. worry, grief, anxiety

    Inflection

    Declension 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
      • Danish: anger
      • Old Swedish: anger
      • → Middle English: anger
    • → Proto-Finnic: *ankëda

    References

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

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