Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/anafangi
Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom *ana- + *fangi. Old Norse áfang n is either a parallel formation or a loan or cognate with a change in gender.
Noun
edit*anafangi m
Inflection
editi-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *anafangi | |
Genitive | *anafangī | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *anafangi | *anafangī |
Accusative | *anafangi | *anafangī |
Genitive | *anafangī | *anafangijō |
Dative | *anafangī | *anafangim, *anafangijum |
Instrumental | *anafangī | *anafangim, *anafangijum |
Descendants
edit- Old English: onfenġ
- Old Frisian: anfeng, onefeng
- >? West Frisian: oanfang
- Old Dutch: *anafang
- Old Saxon: anafang
- Old High German: anafang, anafanc, anefang, anavanch, anavang
References
edit- Christopher Gordon Bailey (1997 January) The Etymology of the Old High German Weak Verb: Volume I, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, page 79: “WGmc *anafangaz[sic]”