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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þwangiz
Proto-Germanic
Alternative forms
- *þwangaz
Etymology
From earlier *þwanguz, from Proto-Indo-European *twenk- (“to squeeze, press, pressure”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθwɑŋ.ɡiz/
Noun
*þwangiz m
- restraint, pressure
- belt, strap, thong
Inflection
i-stemDeclension of *þwangiz (i-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *þwangiz | *þwangīz | |
vocative | *þwangi | *þwangīz | |
accusative | *þwangį | *þwanginz | |
genitive | *þwangīz | *þwangijǫ̂ | |
dative | *þwangī | *þwangimaz | |
instrumental | *þwangī | *þwangimiz |
Related terms
- *þwinhaną
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *þwangi, *þwang m (strong a-stem)
- Old English: þwang, þwong, þwæng, þweng
- Middle English: thong, thwong, thwang
- English: thong
- Scots: thwang, thwayng, thang
- Yola: fong
- Middle English: thong, thwong, thwang
- Old Frisian: thwong, thwang
- Saterland Frisian: Twoang
- West Frisian: twang
- Old Saxon: *thwang
- Middle Low German: dwanc, dwank
- German Low German: Dwang
- Middle Low German: dwanc, dwank
- Old Dutch: *thwang
- Middle Dutch: dwanc
- Dutch: dwang
- Afrikaans: dwang
- Negerhollands: twang
- → Indonesian: paksaan (semantic loan)
- Dutch: dwang
- Middle Dutch: dwanc
- Old High German: dwang (“bit, bridle, rein, restraint”)
- Middle High German: twanc
- German: Zwang
- Middle High German: twanc
- Old English: þwang, þwong, þwæng, þweng
- Old Norse: þvengr
- Icelandic: þvengur
- Faroese: tvongur
- Norwegian: tveng (dialectal)
- Westrobothnian: thveingur; tväng, twaing (verb)