Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂enǵʰ-
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Proto-Indo-European
[edit]Alternative reconstructions
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Hittite ḫamank- 'to tie' suggests that the earlier form should be reconstructed not as *h₂enǵʰ- but as *h₂emǵʰ-, which weakens the argument for a (genetic) relation to Proto-Uralic *aŋke 'painfully constricted'. Perhaps related to *h₂eng-, *h₂enk-, *h₂eḱ-
Root
[edit]*h₂enǵʰ-
Derived terms
[edit]- *h₂énǵʰ-e-ti (thematic root present)
- *h₂énǵʰ-u-s ~ *h₂n̥ǵʰ-éw-s (see there for further descendants)
- *h₂enǵʰ-us-t-
- Proto-Germanic: *angustiz ("narrowness, tightness, anxiety”)
- *h₂énǵʰ-os
- *h₂enǵʰ-os-to-
- Latin: angustus ("narrow, close”) (see there for further descendants)
- *h₂enǵʰ-s-yo-
- Proto-Italic:
- Latin: ānxius
- Proto-Italic:
- Unsorted formations: