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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sangwaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *songʷʰos, derived from *singwaną.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɑŋʷ.ɡʷɑz/
Noun
*sangwaz m
- singing, song
Inflection
| masculine a-stemDeclension of *sangwaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *sangwaz | *sangwōz, *sangwōs | |
| vocative | *sangw | *sangwōz, *sangwōs | |
| accusative | *sangwą | *sangwanz | |
| genitive | *sangwas, *sangwis | *sangwǫ̂ | |
| dative | *sangwai | *sangwamaz | |
| instrumental | *sangwō | *sangwamiz | |
Related terms
- *singwaną
Descendants
- Old English: sang, song
- Middle English: sang, song
- Scots: sang, song
- English: song
- → Dutch: song
- → German: Song
- Yola: zong
- Middle English: sang, song
- Old Frisian: sang, song
- Saterland Frisian: Soang
- West Frisian: sang
- Old Saxon: sang
- Middle Low German: sank
- Low German: Sang, Gesang
- Plautdietsch: Jesank
- Middle Low German: sank
- Old Dutch: *sang
- Middle Dutch: sanc
- Dutch: zang
- Afrikaans: sang
- Limburgish: zaank
- Dutch: zang
- Middle Dutch: sanc
- Old High German: sang; *gisang, kisanch
- Middle High German: sanc; gesanc
- German: Sang; Gesang
- Yiddish: זאַנג (zang)
- Middle High German: sanc; gesanc
- Old Norse: sǫngr
- Icelandic: söngur
- Faroese: songur
- Norn: sang
- Norwegian Bokmål: sang
- Norwegian Nynorsk: song
- Old Swedish: sanger
- Swedish: sång
- Danish: sang (dial.: sång)
- Elfdalian: saungg
- Gutnish: sangg, sångg
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐍃 (saggws) (i-stem)
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN