Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gangaz

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

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰongʰ-o-s, from *ǵʰengʰ- (“to stride, step”). Synchronically analyzable as a nominal formation from *ganganą (“to go, walk”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣɑŋ.ɡɑz/

Noun

*gangaz m[1]

  1. pace, step, gait
  2. walk
  3. way, course

Inflection

Declension of *gangaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *gangaz *gangōz, *gangōs
vocative *gang *gangōz, *gangōs
accusative *gangą *ganganz
genitive *gangas, *gangis *gangǫ̂
dative *gangai *gangamaz
instrumental *gangō *gangamiz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ʒanʒaz I”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 125
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