Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gangiz

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

A verbal adjective derived from *ganganą (“to go”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɣɑŋ.ɡiz/

Adjective

*gangiz

passable, going, able to go

Inflection

Declension of *gangiz (i-stem)
Strong declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*gangiz	*gangī	gangį, -jatō	*gangijai	*gangijôz	*gangijō
accusative	*gangijanǭ	*gangijǭ	gangį, -jatō	*gangijanz	*gangijōz	*gangijō
genitive	gangijas, gangīs	*gangijaizōz	gangijas, gangīs	*gangijaizǫ̂	*gangijaizǫ̂	*gangijaizǫ̂
dative	*gangijammai	*gangijaizōi	*gangijammai	*gangijaimaz	*gangijaimaz	*gangijaimaz
instrumental	*gangijanō	*gangijaizō	*gangijanō	*gangijaimiz	*gangijaimiz	*gangijaimiz

Weak declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*gangijô	*gangijǭ	*gangijô	*gangijaniz	*gangijōniz	*gangijōnō
accusative	*gangijanų	*gangijōnų	*gangijô	*gangijanunz	*gangijōnunz	*gangijōnō
genitive	*gangīniz	*gangijōniz	*gangīniz	*gangijanǫ̂	*gangijōnǫ̂	*gangijanǫ̂
dative	*gangīni	*gangijōni	*gangīni	*gangijammaz	*gangijōmaz	*gangijammaz
instrumental	*gangīnē	*gangijōnē	*gangīnē	*gangijammiz	*gangijōmiz	*gangijammiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *gangī
- Old English: genġe
  - Middle English: genge (early)
- Old Frisian: genze, ginse
- Old Saxon: *gengi
  - Middle Low German: genge, ginge
- Old Dutch: *gengi
  - Middle Dutch: genge
- Old High German: gengi
  - Middle High German: genge
    - German: gänge, gäng
Old Norse: gengr
- Icelandic: gengur
- Faroese: gongdur (remodelled from neuter gongt)
- Old Swedish: gænger
  - Swedish: gäng (adjective, not the noun), gänge (the latter under influence from Middle Low German)