Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wangaz

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

From Proto-Indo-European *wengʰ-, *wenk- (“to be bent or bowed”), the same source as *wangô (“cheek”). Compare Old Prussian wangus (“oak forest”), Albanian vang (“fallow”), Sanskrit वञ्च् (vañc, “to move crookedly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑŋ.ɡɑz/

Noun

*wangaz m

1. field, meadow, pasture, plain

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *wangaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wangaz	*wangōz, *wangōs
vocative	*wang	*wangōz, *wangōs
accusative	*wangą	*wanganz
genitive	*wangas, *wangis	*wangǫ̂
dative	*wangai	*wangamaz
instrumental	*wangō	*wangamiz

Derived terms

• *wangijô (“meadow-dweller”)

Related terms

• *wangô

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *wang
  • Old English: wang, wong
    • Middle English: wong
      • English: wong (in placenames)
  • Old Saxon: wang
    • ⇒ Old Saxon: hevanwang
  • Old High German: wang
• Old Norse: vangr
  • Icelandic: vangur
  • Faroese: vangur
  • Norn: vång
  • Norwegian: vang
  • Old Swedish: vanger
    • Swedish: vång
  • Old Danish: vang
    • Danish: vang
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍃 (waggs, “paradise; *meadow”)
  • →? Albanian: fëng / fang (“infertile land”)
• → Proto-Samic: *vāŋkē (see there for further descendants)