Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ganōgaz

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

Etymology

From *ga- +‎ *nōgaz, the latter a lengthened-grade adjective formed from *nuganą (whence *ganuganą (“to suffice”)), although *nōgaz has no attested descendants.[1] Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂nóḱe (“he has reached, attained”), perfective of *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”). Cognate with Sanskrit अनाश (anā́śa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣɑˈnɔː.ɣɑz/

Adjective

*ganōgaz

  1. enough, sufficient

Inflection

Declension of *ganōgaz (a-stem, strong only)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *ganōgaz *ganōgō *ganōgą, *-at(ō) *ganōgai *ganōgôz *ganōgō
accusative *ganōganǭ *ganōgǭ *ganōgą, *-at(ō) *ganōganz *ganōgōz *ganōgō
genitive *ganōgas, *ganōgis *ganōgaizōz *ganōgas, *ganōgis *ganōgaizǫ̂ *ganōgaizǫ̂ *ganōgaizǫ̂
dative *ganōgammai *ganōgaizōi *ganōgammai *ganōgaimaz *ganōgaimaz *ganōgaimaz
instrumental *ganōganō *ganōgaizō *ganōganō *ganōgaimiz *ganōgaimiz *ganōgaimiz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*nōga-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 391
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