Proto-Germanic
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Alternative forms
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Etymology
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From Proto-Indo-European *h₂égʰos, from *h₂egʰ- (“to be upset, afraid”).
Pronunciation
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*agaz n[1]
- fear; dread
Inflection
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z-stemDeclension of *agaz (z-stem)
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*agaz
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*agizō
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vocative
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*agaz
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*agizō
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accusative
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*agaz
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*agizō
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genitive
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*agiziz
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*agizǫ̂
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dative
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*agizi
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*agizumaz
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instrumental
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*agizē
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*agizumiz
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Related terms
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Descendants
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- Proto-West Germanic: *agi m
- Old Norse: agi
- Icelandic: agi
- Faroese: agi
- Norwegian Nynorsk: age, aga, agje, ågå
- Norwegian Bokmål: age
- Old Swedish: aghi
- Swedish: aga (from oblique case; pl. agor)
- Danish: ave
- → Middle English: awe, age, aghe, aȝe, ahe, au, aue, aw
- Gothic: 𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍃 (agis)
- Vandalic: *agiz
References
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- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*agiz-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 4