Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/angô

This Proto-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-Germanic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑŋ.ɡɔːː/

Etymology 1

    From Proto-Indo-European *h₂énk-ō, from *h₂enk- (“curve, bend”).[1][2]

    Noun

    *angô m[1][2]

    1. a bend; crook
    2. hook; barb; angle
    3. spear; dart
    4. arrow
    Inflection
    Declension of *angô (masculine an-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *angô *anganiz
    vocative *angô *anganiz
    accusative *anganų *anganunz
    genitive *anginiz *anganǫ̂
    dative *angini *angammaz
    instrumental *anginē *angammiz
    Descendants
    • Proto-West Germanic: *angō
      • Old English: anga, onga
        • >? Middle English: ange (“pain, trouble, grief”) (perhaps merged with Old English ange (“narrow, tight, anxious, vexed”, adjective))
      • Old Saxon: ango
      • Old Dutch: *ango
        • Middle Dutch: anghe
      • Old High German: ango
        • Middle High German: ange m or f
          • Alemannic German: Ange
          • German: (dialectal) Ange
          • ⇒ Swabian: Halsanke
    • Old Norse: angi (“spine, prickle”)
    • Gothic: *𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰 (*agga)

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*angan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 28
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*anʒōn II”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 19

    Etymology 2

    Cognate with Old Armenian անձն (anjn, “soul, person”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂én(h₁)ǵʰō or *h₂en(h₁)ǵʰḗn (“breath”)[1], from a suffixed/extended form of the root *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”);[2] equivalent to *ananą +‎ *-gô.

    Noun

    *angô m[1]

    2. (North Germanic) smell, scent
    Inflection
    Declension of *angô (masculine an-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *angô *anganiz
    vocative *angô *anganiz
    accusative *anganų *anganunz
    genitive *anginiz *anganǫ̂
    dative *angini *angammaz
    instrumental *anginē *angammiz
    Descendants

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*anʒōn I”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 19
    2. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “anjn”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 93–94
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