Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *angijōScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_angijō
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Nominale Stammbildungslehre der altgermanischen DialekteFriedrichKlugeMax Niemayer1899Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 11)GuusKroonenBrill2013A Sanskrit–English dictionary: Etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languagesMonierMonier-WilliamsOxford University Press1899Lexikon der indogermanischen VerbenHelmutRixMartinKümmelThomasZehnderReinerLippBrigitteSchirmerWiesbadenReichert2001Two strata of Proto-Norse loanwords in Saami: Evidence for an extinct Norse varietyAnteAikioPaper presented at Congressus XIV Internationalis Fenno-UgristarumUniversity of Tartu2025ἄγκοςa bend; hollow; mountain glen; dell; valleyancraea gorge or ravineअङ्कस्a bend or curve*h₂enk-curve, bend*āvćōdamp grove*angjō-meadowengmeadow
nounfeminineō-stema low-lying meadow, especially in a valley or beside a riverProbably from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk-yéh₂, with Siever's Law realization *h₂enk-iyéh₂, from root*h₂enk-. The oxytone accent accounts for Proto-Germanic *-g- by Verner’s Law, while the *-yéh₂ formation underlies the feminine Germanic *jō-stem, a subset of *ō-stems. Compare Ancient Greek ἄγκος and Sanskrit अङ्कस्, both belonging to the same PIE root family; *h₂enk- itself is securely reconstructed with the meaning ‘curve, bend’ Monier-Williams 1899: 7Rix et al. 2001: 268. The semantic transition ‘curved or hollow ground’ → ‘valley, lowland’ → ‘meadow’ is strengthened by closely related Proto-Germanic *angraz¹ < *h₂enk-ró-s and Latin ancraeKroonen 2013: 28. Still, the deeper connection is not beyond doubt: Kluge Kluge 1899: s.v. Anger regards the further origin of the Germanic meadow words as obscure and only tentatively connects them with the notion ‘curved surface’. Recent evidence is especially interesting: Aikio 2025: slide 18, “PNo *ngj > Saami *vć” reconstructs Proto-Norse *angjō- (> Old Norse eng) as the source of Proto-Saami *āvćō, independently confirming an old Germanic formation with *-j-, though not its ultimate PIE derivation.