Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/angô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *h₂énk-ō, from *h₂enk- (“curve, bend”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑŋ.ɡɔːː/

Noun

*angô m [1]

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

Old English: anga
- Middle English: ange ? (merger with Old English ange)
Old Saxon: ango
Old Dutch: *ango
- Middle Dutch: anghe
Old High German: ango
- Middle High German: ange
  - Alemannic German: Ange
  - German: Ange (dialectal)
Old Norse: angi
Gothic: *𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰 (*agga) (in 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐍃𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰 (halsagga))
- → Galician: anga (“handle”)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*angan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 28

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