Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wangiją
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *weng- (“to bow, be bent”). Related to *wangô (“cheek”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]*wangiją n
Inflection
[edit]neuter ja-stemDeclension of *wangiją (neuter ja-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *wangiją | *wangijō | |
vocative | *wangiją | *wangijō | |
accusative | *wangiją | *wangijō | |
genitive | *wangijas, *wangīs | *wangijǫ̂ | |
dative | *wangijai | *wangijamaz | |
instrumental | *wangijō | *wangijamiz |
Descendants
[edit]Many of the descendant forms have the ending assimilated to *-ārijaz.
- Old English: wænge, wenge, ġewenge; wangere, wongere
- Old Saxon: *wengi; *wengari
- Middle Low German: wenger (?)
- Old Dutch: *wengi; *wengari; *ōrwengari
- Middle Dutch: oirwengele, oorwenghere
- Old High German: wangāri
- Old Norse: vengi
- Icelandic: vengi
- Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 m (waggareis) or 𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌹 n (waggari) (the attested form is ambiguous)