Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/angraz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- (corner) in sense "narrow meadow beside waterway". Compare Angrivarii. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun edit

*angraz m[1]

  1. lowland, meadow
Inflection edit


Descendants edit
  • Old Saxon: angar
  • Old Dutch: *angar
  • Old High German: angar
  • Old Norse: angr

Etymology 2 edit

A North-European word probably from or related to Proto-Indo-European *h₂n̥gʷʰ-, variant of *h₂engʷʰ-, see also Latin anguis, Lithuanian angìs.

Noun edit

*angraz m[2]

  1. weevil
Inflection edit


Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*angra- 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 28
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*angra- 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 28