Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/angustiz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *anguz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ-. Compare Latin angustia, from the same PIE root.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑŋ.ɡus.tiz/

Noun

*angustiz f [1]

narrowness, tightness
fear, anxiety

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *angustiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*angustiz	*angustīz
vocative	*angusti	*angustīz
accusative	*angustį	*angustinz
genitive	*angustīz	*angustijǫ̂
dative	*angustī	*angustimaz
instrumental	*angustī	*angustimiz

Descendants

Old Frisian: angst, ongost, ongest
- Saterland Frisian: Oangst
- West Frisian: eangst
Old Saxon: *angust
- Middle Low German: angest
  - Old Norse: angist
    - Icelandic: angist
    - Faroese: angist
    - Swedish: ångest
    - Norwegian: angst
  - → Danish: angst
    - → English: angst
Old Dutch: *angust
- Middle Dutch: ancst, anxt, angest
  - Dutch: angst
    - Afrikaans: angs
Old High German: angust
- Middle High German: angest
  - Alemannic German: Angscht
  - Central Franconian:
    Kölsch: Angks
  - German: Angst
  - Luxembourgish: Angscht

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*angwu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 28

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[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*angwu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 28