Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sangwaz

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

An o-grade nominal derived from *singwaną (“to sing”), perhaps directly from a Proto-Indo-European *songʷʰ-o-s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑŋʷ.ɡʷɑz/

Noun

*sangwaz m

1. singing, song

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *sangwaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sangwaz	*sangwōz, *sangwōs
vocative	*sangw	*sangwōz, *sangwōs
accusative	*sangwą	*sangwanz
genitive	*sangwas, *sangwis	*sangwǫ̂
dative	*sangwai	*sangwamaz
instrumental	*sangwō	*sangwamiz

Related terms

• *singwaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *sangu
  • Old English: sang, song
    • Middle English: sang, song
      • Scots: sang, song
      • English: song
        • → Dutch: song
        • → German: Song
      • Yola: zong
  • Old Frisian: sang, song
    • Saterland Frisian: Soang
    • West Frisian: sang
  • Old Saxon: sang
    • Middle Low German: sank
      • Low German: Sang, Gesang
      • Plautdietsch: Jesank
  • Old Dutch: *sang
    • Middle Dutch: sanc
      • Dutch: zang
        • Afrikaans: sang
      • Limburgish: zank, zaank
  • Old High German: sang; *gisang, kisanch
    • Middle High German: sanc; gesanc
      • German: Sang; Gesang
      • Yiddish: זאַנג (zang)
• Old Norse: sǫngr
  • Icelandic: söngur
  • Faroese: songur, sangur
  • Norn: sang
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: song
  • Elfdalian: saungg
  • Old Swedish: sanger
    • Swedish: sång
  • Danish: sang (dial.: sång)
    • Norwegian Bokmål: sang
  • Gutnish: sangg, sångg
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐍃 (saggws) (i-stem)