Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/angazaz

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

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]

worry, grief, anxiety

Inflection

Declension of *angazaz (a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*angazaz	*angazōz, -ōs
Vocative	*angaz	*angazōz, -ōs
Accusative	*angazą	*angazanz
Genitive	*angazas, -is	*angazǫ̂
Dative	*angazai	*angazamaz
Instrumental	*angazō	*angazamiz

Descendants

Old Norse: angr
- Icelandic: angur
- Faroese: angur
- Norwegian: anger
- Old Swedish: anger
  - Swedish: ånger
- → Middle English: anger
  - English: anger
→ Proto-Finnic: *ankeda
- Finnish: ankea

References

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