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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 *wenk-, *wek- (“to be bent or bowed”), the same source as *wangô (“cheek”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈwɑŋ.ɡɑz/

Noun

*wangaz m

  1. field, meadow

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

Descendants
  • Old English: wang, wong
    • Middle English: wong
      • English: wong (in placenames)
  • Old Saxon: wang
  • Old High German: wang
  • Old Norse: vangr
    • Icelandic: vangur
    • Norn: vång
    • Norwegian: vang
    • Old Swedish: vanger
    • Old Danish: vang
  • Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍃 (waggs, “paradise; *meadow”)
    • →? Albanian: fëng／fang (“infertile land”)

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 1149, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1149
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “wanga”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 573
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