Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/agaz

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

Alternative forms

*agiz, *agô

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂égʰos, from *h₂egʰ- (“to be upset, afraid”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.ɣɑz/

Noun

*agaz n[1]

fear; dread

Inflection

z-stemDeclension of *agaz (z-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*agaz	*agizō
vocative	*agaz	*agizō
accusative	*agaz	*agizō
genitive	*agiziz	*agizǫ̂
dative	*agizi	*agizumaz
instrumental	*agizē	*agizumiz

Related terms

*aganą
*ōgijaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *agi m
- Old English: eġe, æġe, eiġe
  - Middle English: eye, eie, eȝe, eȝȝe, eyȝe, eiȝe
    - English: ey (obsolete)
Old Norse: agi
- Icelandic: agi
- Faroese: agi
- Norwegian Nynorsk: age, aga, agje, ågå
- Norwegian Bokmål: age
- Westrobothnian: ǫga
- Old Swedish: aghi
  - Swedish: aga (from oblique case; pl. agor)
- Danish: ave
- → Middle English: awe, age, aghe, aȝe, ahe, au, aue, aw
  - English: awe
  - Scots: awe, aw
Gothic: 𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍃 (agis)
Vandalic: *agiz

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*agiz-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 4

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*agiz-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 4