Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tangu
Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Germanic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”).
Noun
edit*tangu f
Inflection
editō-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *tangu | |
Genitive | *tangā | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *tangu | *tangō |
Accusative | *tangā | *tangā |
Genitive | *tangā | *tangō |
Dative | *tangē | *tangōm, *tangum |
Instrumental | *tangu | *tangōm, *tangum |
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Old English: tang, tange
- Old Frisian: tange, tonge
- Old Saxon: tanga
- Old Dutch: *tanga
- Old High German: zanga