Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wangaz
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *wenk-, *wek- (“to be bent or bowed”), the same source as *wangô (“cheek”).[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
*wangaz m
Inflection edit
masculine a-stemDeclension of *wangaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *wangaz | *wangōz, *wangōs | |
vocative | *wang | *wangōz, *wangōs | |
accusative | *wangą | *wanganz | |
genitive | *wangas, *wangis | *wangǫ̂ | |
dative | *wangai | *wangamaz | |
instrumental | *wangō | *wangamiz |
Descendants edit
- Old English: wang, wong
- Old Saxon: wang
- Old High German: wang
- Old Norse: vangr
- Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍃 (waggs, “paradise; *meadow”)
References edit
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 1149, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1149
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “wanga”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 573