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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][2]

  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”)
  • Gothic: *𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰 (*agga)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*angan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 28
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*anʒōn II”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 19

Etymology 2

Cognate with Old Armenian անձն (anjn, “soul, person”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂én(h₁)ǵʰō or *h₂en(h₁)ǵʰḗn (“breath”)[1], from a suffixed/extended form of the root *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”) as in *ananą.[2]

Noun

*angô m[1]

  1. (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

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*anʒōn I”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 19
  2. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “anjn”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 93–94
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