Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/angī

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *angu, from Proto-Germanic *anguz, +‎ *-ī.

Adjective

*angī

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Inflection

ja-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*angī
Genitive	*angijas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*angī	*angiju	*angī
Accusative	*angijanā	*angijā	*angī
Genitive	*angijas	*angijeʀā	*angijas
Dative	*angijumē	*angijeʀē	*angijumē
Instrumental	*angiju	*angijeʀu	*angiju
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*angijē	*angijō	*angiju
Accusative	*angijā	*angijā	*angiju
Genitive	*angijeʀō	*angijeʀō	*angijeʀō
Dative	angijēm, angijum	angijēm, angijum	angijēm, angijum
Instrumental	angijēm, angijum	angijēm, angijum	angijēm, angijum

Descendants

Old English: ænge, enge
- ⇒ Old English: angnæġl
  - Middle English: agnail
    - English: agnail
      - ⇒ English: hangnail (by folk etymology)
    - Scots: angernail, wrangnail, ragnail
Old Frisian: *enge
- Saterland Frisian: ääng
- West Frisian: ing
- ⇒ Old Frisian: angneil, ongneil
Old Saxon: engi
- Middle Low German: enge
  - German Low German: eng
Old Dutch: *engi
- Middle Dutch: enge
  - Dutch: eng
    - Afrikaans: eng
    - →? English: eng
  - Limburgish: ing
Old High German: engi, enge
- Middle High German: enge
  - Cimbrian: énghe
  - German: eng
  - Hunsrik: eng
  - Luxembourgish: enk
  - Rhine Franconian: eng (Frankfurt)
  - Yiddish: ענג‎ (eng)