Vange

See also: vange and vangë

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Vange, from earlier Fange, from Old English Fengge, probably from fenn (“fen”) +‎ -ġē, -gēa (“district”).

The development of Old English -eng- to -ang-[1] and initial fricative voicing[2] are features of Essex Middle English that have otherwise been levelled out due to the influence of surrounding dialects.

Proper noun

Vange

  1. A suburb in Basildon borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ7287).

References

  1. ^ Jordan, Richard (1974)  Eugene Crook, transl., Handbook of the Middle English Grammar: Phonology (Janua Linguarum. Series Practica; 218)‎[1], The Hague: Mouton & Co. N.V., →DOI, § 33, page 58.
  2. ^ Jordan, Richard (1974)  Eugene Crook, transl., Handbook of the Middle English Grammar: Phonology (Janua Linguarum. Series Practica; 218)‎[2], The Hague: Mouton & Co. N.V., →DOI, § 154, page 159.

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