Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tangu

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

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”).

Noun

*tangu f

1. tongs
2. pliers

Inflection

ō-stem
	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

• *tangijan

Descendants

• Old English: tang, tange
  • Middle English: tonge, tang, tange, tongge, toonge, tounge
    • English: tong (tongs); tang
    • Scots: tang, taing
• Old Frisian: tange, tonge
  • Saterland Frisian: Tonge
  • West Frisian: tange
• Old Saxon: tanga
  • Middle Low German: tange
    • Low German: Tang
    • Plautdietsch: Tang
• Old Dutch: *tanga
  • Middle Dutch: tanghe
    • Dutch: tang
      • Afrikaans: tang
    • Limburgish: tang
• Old High German: zanga
  • Middle High German: zange
    • Bavarian: Zanga
    • Central Franconian: Zang, Zaang

      Hunsrik: Zang

    • German: Zange
    • Luxembourgish: Zaang
    • Rhine Franconian: Zang

      Palatine German: Zang

      Pennsylvania German: Zang

    • Vilamovian: cang
    • ⇒ Middle High German: hebzange
      • → Old Polish: hebcągi
        • Polish: obcęgi

References

• Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*tanʒō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 401
• Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*tangō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 509