Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sangu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sangwaz, related to *singwan.

Noun

*sangu m

1. singing, song

Inflection

Masculine wa-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sangu
Genitive	*sangwas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sangu	*sangwō, *sangwōs
Accusative	*sangu	*sangwā
Genitive	*sangwas	*sangwō
Dative	*sangwē	*sangum
Instrumental	*sangu	*sangum

Descendants

• 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: zaank
• Old High German: sang; *gisang, kisanch
  • Middle High German: sanc; gesanc
    • German: Sang; Gesang
    • Yiddish: זאַנג (zang)