Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/angustiz

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 nominal derivative of *anguz (“narrow, tight”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“to constrict”). Compare Latin angustia (“narrowness, tightness”), from the same PIE root.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑŋ.ɡus.tiz/

Noun

*angustiz f

1. narrowness, tightness
2. fear, anxiety

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *angustiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*angustiz	*angustīz
vocative	*angusti	*angustīz
accusative	*angustį	*angustinz
genitive	*angustīz	*angustijǫ̂
dative	*angustī	*angustimaz
instrumental	*angustī	*angustimiz

Descendants

• Old Frisian: angst, ongost, ongest
  • Saterland Frisian: Oangst
  • West Frisian: eangst
• Old Saxon: *angust
  • Middle Low German: angest
    • German Low German: Angst
    • → Old Norse: angist
      • Icelandic: angist
      • Faroese: angist
      • Swedish: ångest
      • Norwegian Bokmål: angst
      • → Danish: angst
        • → English: angst
• Old Dutch: *angust
  • Middle Dutch: ancst, anxt, angest
    • Dutch: angst
      • Afrikaans: angs
• Old High German: angust
  • Middle High German: angest
    • Alemannic German: Angscht
    • Bavarian: Ångst, Ångscht
    • Central Franconian:

      Kölsch: Angks

    • German: Angst
    • Luxembourgish: Angscht