Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hangēn

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hangāną. Equivalent to *hą̄han (“to hang”) +‎ *-ēn.

Verb

*hangēn

1. to hang, to be suspended

Inflection

Class 3 weak
Infinitive	*hangēn
1st sg. past	*hang?dā
Infinitive	*hangēn
Genitive infin.	*hangēnijas
Dative infin.	*hangēnijē
Instrum. infin.	*hangēniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*hangē	*hang?dā
2nd singular	*hangēs	*hang?dēs, *hang?dēs
3rd singular	*hangēþ	*hang?dē, *hang?dā
1st plural	*hangēm	*hang?dum
2nd plural	*hangēþ	*hang?dud
3rd plural	*hangēnþ	*hang?dun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*hangē	*hang?dī
2nd singular	*hangēs	*hang?dī
3rd singular	*hangē	*hang?dī
1st plural	*hangēm	*hang?dīm
2nd plural	*hangēþ	*hang?dīd
3rd plural	*hangēn	*hang?dīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*hangē
Plural	*hangēþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*hangēndī	*hang?d

Descendants

• Old English: hangian, hongian
  • Middle English: hangen (merged with hōn)
    • English: hang
    • Scots: hangit (simple past of hing (“to execute using gallows”))
• Old Frisian: hangia, hongia
  • Saterland Frisian: hongje
  • West Frisian: hingje
• Old Saxon: hangon
  • Middle Low German: hangen
    • Low German: hangen
• Old Dutch: hangon
  • Middle Dutch: hangen (merger with hān)
    • Dutch: hangen
      • Afrikaans: hang
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: hanggi
      • Negerhollands: hang, haṅ
      • → Sranan Tongo: anga
    • Limburgish: hange
• Old High German: hangēn
  • Middle High German: hangen
    • German: hängen (merger with hāhen and hengen)
    • Switzerland German: hangen
    • >? Cimbrian: hangan