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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂enǵʰ-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Alternative reconstructions
  • *h₂emǵʰ-[1]

Etymology

Perhaps related to *h₂eng-, *h₂enk-, *h₂eḱ-

Root

*h₂enǵʰ-

  1. to constrict, tighten, compress
  2. narrow, tight
  3. distressed, anxious

Derived terms
► <a href='/wiki/Category:Terms_derived_from_the_PIE_root_*h%E2%82%82en%C7%B5%CA%B0-' title='Category:Terms derived from the PIE root *h₂enǵʰ-'>Terms derived from the PIE root *h₂enǵʰ-</a>
  • *h₂énǵʰ-e-ti (thematic root present)
    • Hellenic:
      • Ancient Greek: ἄγχω (ánkhō, “I compress, strangle”)
    • Italic:
      • Latin: angō (“I cause pain”)
  • *h₂énǵʰ-u-s ~ *h₂n̥ǵʰ-éw-s
  • *h₂enǵʰ-us-t-
    • Germanic: *angustiz (“narrowness, tightness, anxiety”) (see there for further descendants)
    • Italic:
      • Latin: angustus (“narrow, close”) (see there for further descendants)
  • *h₂énǵʰ-os
    • Germanic: *angazaz (“worry, grief, anxiety”) (see there for further descendants)
    • Hellenic: [Term?]
    • Indo-Iranian: *Hánȷ́ʰas (see there for further descendants)
  • *h₂enǵʰ-s-yo-
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Old Armenian: անձաւ (anjaw)
    • Celtic: [Term?]
      • Welsh: cyfyng
      • Old Irish: cumung (“narrow, tight, constricted”)

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