Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sangwaz

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 *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

Proto-West Germanic: *sangu
- Old English: sang, song
  - Middle English: sang, song
    - Scots: sang, song
    - English: song
      - → Dutch: song
      - → German: Song
    - Yola: zong
- Old Frisian: sang, song
  - Saterland Frisian: Soang
  - West Frisian: sang
- Old Saxon: sang
  - Middle Low German: sank
    - Low German: Sang, Gesang
    - Plautdietsch: Jesank
- Old Dutch: *sang
  - Middle Dutch: sanc
    - Dutch: zang
      - Afrikaans: sang
    - Limburgish: zank, zaank
- Old High German: sang; *gisang, kisanch
  - Middle High German: sanc; gesanc
    - German: Sang; Gesang
    - Yiddish: זאַנג (zang)
Old Norse: sǫngr
- Icelandic: söngur
- Faroese: songur, sangur
- Norn: sang
- Norwegian Nynorsk: song
- Elfdalian: saungg
- Old Swedish: sanger
  - Swedish: sång
- Danish: sang (dial.: sång)
  - Norwegian Bokmål: sang
- Gutnish: sangg, sångg
Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐍃 (saggws) (i-stem)

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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