Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tangiz

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

Alternative forms

*tangō

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɑŋ.ɡiz/

Noun

*tangiz f

tongs
pliers

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *tangiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*tangiz	*tangīz
vocative	*tangi	*tangīz
accusative	*tangį	*tanginz
genitive	*tangīz	*tangijǫ̂
dative	*tangī	*tangimaz
instrumental	*tangī	*tangimiz

Descendants

West Germanic forms descend from *tangō and *tangǭ.

Old English: tang, tange
- Middle English: tang, tong
  - English: tong, tongs
  - Scots: tangs, taings
Old Frisian: *tang, *tong
- Saterland Frisian: Tonge
- West Frisian: tange
Old Saxon: *tanga
- Middle Low German: tange
  - Low German: Tang
  - Plautdietsch: Tang
Old Dutch: *tanga
- Middle Dutch: tanghe
  - Dutch: tang
    - Afrikaans: tang
  - Limburgish: tang
Old High German: zanga
- Middle High German: zange
  - German: Zange
Old Norse: tǫng
- Icelandic: töng
- Faroese: tong
- Norwegian Bokmål: tang
- Norwegian Nynorsk: tong
- Swedish: tång
- Danish: tang
- Elfdalian: taungg
- Gutnish: tangg
- Westrobothnian: tang

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