Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *angrazScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_angraz_1
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Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 10/1)RobertBeekesBrill2010Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 11)GuusKroonenBrill2013ἄγκοςa bend; hollow; mountain glen; dell; valleyancraea gorge or ravineअङ्कस्a bend or curve*h₂enk-curve, bend
nounmasculinea-stemlowland; a low-lying meadow or grassland, especially in a hollow or near waterProbably from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk-ró-s, a *-ró- derivative of the root *h₂enk-. Kroonen 2013: 28 compares Latin ancrae < PIE *h₂enk-reh₂-, a closely corresponding feminine r-formation. The underlying root is also represented by Ancient Greek ἄγκος and Sanskrit अङ्कस्, formally s-stem derivatives of *h₂enk- and good evidence for the semantic development from ‘bend, hollow’ to a hollow or low-lying piece of ground Beekes 2010: 12–13, s.v. ἀγκύλος c). Kroonen nevertheless allows an alternative reconstruction *angaza- < *h₂enk-os-o-, a thematicized s-stem based especially on the comparison with Greek ἄγκοςKroonen 2013: 28. See also *angijō, possibly another Germanic derivative of *h₂enk-.