Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/angazaz

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

Likely a thematicization of an s-stem, Pre-Germanic *h₂enǵʰos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“to tighten”). Related to Latin angor (“suffocation, anxiety”), Sanskrit अंहस् (aṃhas, “anxiety”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑŋ.ɡɑ.zɑz/

Noun

*angazaz m

1. worry, grief, anxiety

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *angazaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*angazaz	*angazōz, *angazōs
vocative	*angaz	*angazōz, *angazōs
accusative	*angazą	*angazanz
genitive	*angazas, *angazis	*angazǫ̂
dative	*angazai	*angazamaz
instrumental	*angazō	*angazamiz

Related terms

• *anguz

Descendants

• Old Norse: angr
  • Icelandic: angur
  • Faroese: angur
  • Norwegian: anger
  • Danish: anger
  • Old Swedish: anger
    • Swedish: ånger
  • → Middle English: anger
    • English: anger
    • Scots: anger
• → Proto-Finnic: *ankëda
  • Finnish: ankea