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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gangī
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *gangiz.
Adjective
*gangī[1]
- passable
Inflection
| ja-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *gangī | ||
| Genitive | *gangijas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *gangī | *gangiju | *gangī |
| Accusative | *gangijanā | *gangijā | *gangī |
| Genitive | *gangijas | *gangijeʀā | *gangijas |
| Dative | *gangijumē | *gangijeʀē | *gangijumē |
| Instrumental | *gangiju | *gangijeʀu | *gangiju |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *gangijē | *gangijō | *gangiju |
| Accusative | *gangijā | *gangijā | *gangiju |
| Genitive | *gangijeʀō | *gangijeʀō | *gangijeʀō |
| Dative | *gangijēm, *gangijum | *gangijēm, *gangijum | *gangijēm, *gangijum |
| Instrumental | *gangijēm, *gangijum | *gangijēm, *gangijum | *gangijēm, *gangijum |
Related terms
- *gān
Descendants
- Old English: genge
- Middle English: genge
- Old Frisian: genze, ginse
- Old Saxon: *gengi
- Middle Low German: genge, ginge
- Old Dutch: *gengi
- Middle Dutch: genge
- Old High German: gengi
- Middle High German: genge
- German: gänge, gäng
- Middle High German: genge
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 209: “PWGmc *gangī”