Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂eng-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

    Etymology

    Possibly a voicing assimilation of the stop to the nasal in *h₂enk-.[1]

    Root

    *h₂eng-

    1. curve, bend

    Derived terms

    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eng- (16 c, 0 e)
    • *h₂éng-os ~ *h₂éng-es-os
      • Proto-Hellenic:
    • *h₂eng-es-yo-
    • *h₂éng-ul-(o-)
    • *h₂éng-u-
      • ⇒ *h₂eng-u-s-tHo-
        • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hangúštʰas (see there for further descendants)
    Unsorted formations
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hángas
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hángas
        • Sanskrit: अङ्ग (aṅga) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Tocharian:[2]

    References

    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “angulus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 42-43
    2. ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “āṅkär”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 42

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