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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/angwijaną

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 + *-janą.

Verb

*angwijaną [1]

  1. to make narrow

Inflection

Descendants

  • Old Dutch: *engen
  • Old Norse: øngva, øngja

References

  1. 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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