Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wangaz

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 *wenk-, *wek- (“to be bent or bowed”), the same source as *wangô (“cheek”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwɑŋ.ɡɑz/

Noun

*wangaz m

field, meadow

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *wangaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wangaz	wangōz, wangōs
vocative	*wang	wangōz, wangōs
accusative	*wangą	*wanganz
genitive	wangas, wangis	*wangǫ̂
dative	*wangai	*wangamaz
instrumental	*wangō	*wangamiz

Descendants

Old English: wang, wong
- Middle English: wong
  - English: wong (in placenames)
Old Saxon: wang
Old High German: wang
Old Norse: vangr
- Norn: vång
- Norwegian: vang
- Old Swedish: vanger
  - Swedish: vång
- Old Danish: vang
  - Danish: vang
Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍃 (waggs)

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1149
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “wanga”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 573

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1149

[2] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “wanga”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 573