Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/angustiz

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

A nominal derivative of *anguz (“narrow, tight”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“to constrict”). Compare Latin angustia (“narrowness, tightness”), from the same PIE root.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑŋ.ɡus.tiz/

Noun

*angustiz f[1]

  1. narrowness, tightness
  2. fear, anxiety

Inflection

Declension 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
  • Old Dutch: angust
    • Middle Dutch: ancst, anxt, angest
      • Dutch: angst
        • Afrikaans: angs
  • Old High German: angust

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*angwu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 28-9: “*angusti-”
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*anʒustiz ~ *anʒustuz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 19
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