Appendix:Proto-Germanic/strangiz

This entry contains Proto-Germanic 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 *strengʰ- (“rope, cord; to be tight”). Cognate with Ancient Greek στραγγός (strangós, “tied together, entangled, twisted”), Irish srincne (“umbilical cord”).

Noun

*strangiz m

1. string

Declension

Declension of *strangiz (i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*strangiz	*strangīz
Vocative	*strangi	*strangīz
Accusative	*strangį	*stranginz
Genitive	*strangīz	*strangijǫ̂
Dative	*strangī	*strangimaz
Instrumental	*strangī	*strangimiz

Descendants

• Old English: streng
  • Middle English: streng, string
    • Scots: string
    • English: string
• Old Saxon: *strang, *strengi
  • Middle Low German: strank, strange
    • Low German: Strenge
• Old Dutch: *strang, *strengi
  • Middle Dutch: strenge, strenghe, stringhe
    • Dutch: streng
      • Afrikaans: streng
• Old High German: stranc, strang
  • Middle High German: strank, stranc, strange
    • German: Strang
• Old Norse: strengr
  • Icelandic: strengur
  • Faroese: strongur
  • Norwegian: streng
  • Swedish: sträng
  • Danish: streng
  • Irish: sreang