Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/angô

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 *h₂énk-ō, from *h₂enk- (curve, bend).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

*angô m[1][2]

  1. a bend; crook
  2. hook; barb; angle
  3. spear; dart
  4. arrow
Inflection edit
masculine an-stemDeclension of *angô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *angô *anganiz
vocative *angô *anganiz
accusative *anganų *anganunz
genitive *anginiz *anganǫ̂
dative *angini *angammaz
instrumental *anginē *angammiz
Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*angan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 28
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*anʒōn II”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 19

Etymology 2 edit

Cognate with Old Armenian անձն (anjn, soul, person), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂én(h₁)ǵʰō or *h₂en(h₁)ǵʰḗn (breath)[1], from a suffixed/extended form of the root *h₂enh₁- (to breathe) as in *ananą.[2]

Noun edit

*angô m[1]

  1. (North Germanic) smell, scent
Inflection edit
masculine an-stemDeclension of *angô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *angô *anganiz
vocative *angô *anganiz
accusative *anganų *anganunz
genitive *anginiz *anganǫ̂
dative *angini *angammaz
instrumental *anginē *angammiz
Descendants edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*anʒōn I”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 19
  2. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “anjn”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 93–94