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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gangiz

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

A verbal adjective derived from *ganganą (to go).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣɑŋ.ɡiz/

Adjective

*gangiz

  1. passable, going, able to go

Inflection


Descendants

  • Old English: genge
    • Middle English: genge
  • Old Frisian: genze, ginse
  • Old Saxon: *gengi
    • Middle Low German: genge, ginge
  • Old Dutch: *gengi
    • Middle Dutch: genge
  • Old High German: gengi
    • Middle High German: genge
  • Old Norse: gengr
    • Icelandic: gengur
    • Faroese: gongdur (remodelled from neuter gongt)
    • Old Swedish: gænger
      • Swedish: gäng, gänge (the latter under influence from Middle Low German)

References

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill
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