Proto-Indo-European
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Alternative reconstructions
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Etymology
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Hittite ḫamank- 'to tie' suggests that the earlier form should be reconstructed not as *h₂enǵʰ- but as *h₂emǵʰ- , which weakens the argument for a (genetic) relation to Proto-Uralic *aŋke 'painfully constricted'. Perhaps related to *h₂eng- , *h₂enk- , *h₂eḱ-
*h₂enǵʰ-
to constrict , tighten , compress
narrow , tight
distressed , anxious
Derived terms
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*h₂énǵʰ-e-ti ( thematic root present )
Hellenic:
Ancient Greek: ἄγχω ( ánkhō , “ I compress, strangle ” )
Italic: *anɣō
Latin: angō ( “ I cause pain ” )
*h₂énǵʰ-u-s ~ *h₂n̥ǵʰ-éw-s (see there for further descendants )
*h₂enǵʰ-us-t-
Proto-Germanic: *angustiz ( “ narrowness, tightness, anxiety ” )
Italic:
Latin: angustus ( “ narrow, close ” ) (see there for further descendants )
*h₂énǵʰ-os
Proto-Germanic: *angazaz ( “ worry, grief, anxiety ” ) (see there for further descendants )
Proto-Hellenic:
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hánȷ́ʰas (see there for further descendants )
*h₂enǵʰ-s-yo-
Unsorted formations:
Proto-Albanian:
Old Armenian: անձաւ ( anjaw )
Proto-Celtic: *komangus
Welsh: cyfyng
Old Irish: cumung ( “ narrow, tight, constricted ” )
References
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^ Kroonen, Guus (2013 ) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11 ), Leiden, Boston: Brill , →ISBN