Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sangwaz

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 *songʷʰos, derived from *singwaną.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɑŋʷ.ɡʷɑz/

Noun

*sangwaz m

singing, song

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *sangwaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sangwaz	sangwōz, sangwōs
vocative	*sangw	sangwōz, sangwōs
accusative	*sangwą	*sangwanz
genitive	sangwas, sangwis	*sangwǫ̂
dative	*sangwai	*sangwamaz
instrumental	*sangwō	*sangwamiz

Related terms

*singwaną

Descendants

Old English: sang, song
- Middle English: sang, song
  - Scots: sang, song
  - English: song
    - Dutch: song
    - German: Song
  - Yola: zong
Old Frisian: sang, song
- Saterland Frisian: Song
- West Frisian: sang
Old Saxon: sang
- Middle Low German: sank
  - Low German: Sang, Gesang
  - Plautdietsch: Jesank
Old Dutch: *sang
- Middle Dutch: sanc
  - Dutch: zang
    - Afrikaans: sang
  - Limburgish: zaank
Old High German: sang; *gisang, kisanch
- Middle High German: sanc; gesanc
  - German: Sang; Gesang
Old Norse: sǫngr
- Icelandic: söngur
- Faroese: songur
- Norn: sang
- Norwegian Nynorsk: song
- Old Swedish: sanger
  - Swedish: sång
- Danish: sang (dial.: sång)
  - Norwegian Bokmål: sang
- Elfdalian: saungg
- Gutnish: sangg, sångg
Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐍃 (saggws) (i-stem)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill

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[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill