Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hangini

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

Etymology

From *hangiju +‎ *-ini.

Noun

*hangini f

hanging, execution

Inflection

ī/jō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hangini
Genitive	*hangunnjā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hangini	*hangunnjō
Accusative	*hangunnjā	*hangunnjā
Genitive	*hangunnjā	*hangunnjō
Dative	*hangunnjē	hangunnjōm, hangunnjum
Instrumental	*hangunnju	hangunnjōm, hangunnjum

Descendants

Many of the descendants were conflated with the descendants of Proto-West Germanic *hangiju (“hook, latch, hinge”).

Old English: henġen
- Middle English: hengen (hapax)
- >? Middle English: henge
  - English: hinge
  - Scots: heinȝe, heenge
Old Frisian: *hengen, *henge
- >? Saterland Frisian: Hänge
- >? West Frisian: hinge
Old Saxon: henginna, hengenna, henginnia, hinginna
- >? Middle Low German: henge, hinge, henk
  - German Low German: Hänge, Häng
Old Dutch: *henginna
- >? Middle Dutch: hengene, hingene, hengen, hingen
  - Dutch: heng
Old High German: *henginna, *hengina
- >? Middle High German: henge
  - German: Hänge