Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bangilaz

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

Alternative forms

• *bangulaz

Etymology

From *bangōną (“to bang, pound, beat”) +‎ *-ilaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑŋ.ɡi.lɑz/

Noun

*bangilaz m

1. a stick, club

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *bangilaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*bangilaz	*bangilōz, *bangilōs
vocative	*bangil	*bangilōz, *bangilōs
accusative	*bangilą	*bangilanz
genitive	*bangilas, *bangilis	*bangilǫ̂
dative	*bangilai	*bangilamaz
instrumental	*bangilō	*bangilamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *bangil
  • >? English: (dialectal) bangle (possibly borrowed or formed anew from bang + -le)
  • Old Frisian: *bangel, *bengel
    • Saterland Frisian: Bungel
    • West Frisian: bongel, bingel
  • Old Saxon: *bengil
    • Middle Low German: bengel
      • Low German: Bengel
      • → Danish: bengel
      • → Swedish: bängel
  • Old Dutch: *bengil
    • Middle Dutch: bengel
      • Dutch: bengel
  • Old High German: *bengil
    • Middle High German: bengel
      • German: Bengel
• Old Norse: bǫngull (< *bangulaz)