Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/anafangi

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 edit

Etymology edit

From *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

embrace, grasp

Inflection edit

i-stem
	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
- Middle Dutch: aenvanc
  - Dutch: aanvang
  - Limburgish: aanvank
Old Saxon: anafang
- Middle Low German: anevanc, anvanc
  - German Low German: Anfang
  - Plautdietsch: Aunfang
Old High German: anafang, anafanc, anefang, anavanch, anavang
- Middle High German: anevanc, anvanc
  - Alemannic German: Afang
  - Central Franconian: Afank
  - German: Anfang, Anf.
    - → Finnish: anfangi
    - → Hunsrik: aanfank
    - → Silesian: anfang
    - → Swedish: anfang
  - Luxembourgish: Ufank
  - Rhine Franconian:
    Palatine German: Aafang
    Pennsylvania German: Aafang

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]”