Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/strangaz

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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *strongʰos, an adjective formed from the strong verb *stringaną, from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“pulled tight, straight, constricted”),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“stiff, rigid”). Cognate with Latvian strangs (“brave, brisk, fresh”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstrɑŋ.ɡɑz/

Adjective

*strangaz

  1. tight, strict, straight
  2. strong

Inflection

Declension of *strangaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *strangaz *strangō *strangą, -atō *strangai *strangôz *strangō
accusative *stranganǭ *strangǭ *strangą, -atō *stranganz *strangōz *strangō
genitive *strangas, -is *strangaizōz *strangas, -is *strangaizǫ̂ *strangaizǫ̂ *strangaizǫ̂
dative *strangammai *strangaizōi *strangammai *strangaimaz *strangaimaz *strangaimaz
instrumental *stranganō *strangaizō *stranganō *strangaimiz *strangaimiz *strangaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *strangô *strangǭ *strangô *stranganiz *strangōniz *strangōnō
accusative *stranganų *strangōnų *strangô *stranganunz *strangōnunz *strangōnō
genitive *stranginiz *strangōniz *stranginiz *stranganǫ̂ *strangōnǫ̂ *stranganǫ̂
dative *strangini *strangōni *strangini *strangammaz *strangōmaz *strangammaz
instrumental *stranginē *strangōnē *stranginē *strangammiz *strangōmiz *strangammiz

Derived terms

  • *strangį̄

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*strang(j)a-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 483
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