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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *hringaz</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
      </titleStmt>
      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-01"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_hringaz_1</idno>
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        <p>Single-entry extract from the dictionary. Cross-references to other entries point to their identifiers in the full dictionary.</p>
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      <list type="cognates">
        <item xml:id="cog_sla-x-proto_krog" xml:lang="sla-x-proto" type="cognate">
          <orth>*krǫgъ</orth>
          <def>circle</def>
        </item>
        <item xml:id="cog_ine-x-proto_s_ker" xml:lang="ine-x-proto" type="etymon">
          <orth>*(s)ker-</orth>
        </item>
        <item xml:id="cog_ine-x-proto_s_krengh" xml:lang="ine-x-proto" type="etymon">
          <orth>*(s)krengʰ-</orth>
        </item>
      </list>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_hringaz_1" type="noun" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hringaz">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>hringaz</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈxriŋ.ɡɑz</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᚺᚱᛁᚾᚷᚨᛉ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>noun</pos>
            <gram type="gender">masculine</gram>
            <gram type="stem">a-stem</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>ring, circle</def>
          </sense>
          <sense n="2">
            <def>curve</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">From an earlier *hrengaz (compare the Proto-Finnic loanword *rëngas), from Proto-Indo-European <mentioned xml:lang="ine-x-proto" target="#cog_ine-x-proto_s_krengh"><ref target="#cog_ine-x-proto_s_krengh">*(s)krengʰ-</ref></mentioned> (‘ring, circle’), and cognate with Proto-Slavic <mentioned xml:lang="sla-x-proto" target="#cog_sla-x-proto_krog"><ref target="#cog_sla-x-proto_krog">*krǫgъ</ref></mentioned> (‘circle’). The root, which features both a plain stop and a voiced aspirate and thus violates traditional Proto-Indo-European phonotactics, was probably formed in the post-IE phase, and appears to be an extended nasalized form of Proto-Indo-European <mentioned xml:lang="ine-x-proto" target="#cog_ine-x-proto_s_ker"><ref target="#cog_ine-x-proto_s_ker">*(s)ker-</ref></mentioned> (‘to turn, bend’).</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom">
              <orth>hringaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom">
              <orth>hringōz, hringōs</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc">
              <orth>hringą</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc">
              <orth>hringanz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen">
              <orth>hringas, hringis</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen">
              <orth>hringǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat">
              <orth>hringai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat">
              <orth>hringamaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr">
              <orth>hringō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr">
              <orth>hringamiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #voc">
              <orth>hring</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #voc">
              <orth>hringōz, hringōs</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
          <re type="descendants">
            <list>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*hring</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old French</lang>
                    <orth>reng, renc, renk, renge, renke, rang, ranc</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*hring</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>rinc</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>rinc</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Limburgish</lang>
                        <orth>rink</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*hring</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>rinc</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>rinc</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>ring</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Afrikaans</lang>
                          <orth>ring</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Aukan</lang>
                          <orth>linga</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Indonesian</lang>
                          <orth>ring</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Negerhollands</lang>
                          <orth>rink, riṅ</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Papiamentu</lang>
                          <orth>renchi, ringtsje</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*hring</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>hring, hrincg, hrinċġ, ring, ᚱᛁᚾᚷ (rinġ)</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Medieval Latin</lang>
                      <orth>ringa, renga</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*hring</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>hring, hrincg, hrinċġ, ring, ᚱᛁᚾᚷ (rinġ)</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>ryng, rynge, ring</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>English</lang>
                        <orth>ring</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Scots</lang>
                        <orth>rhing, ring</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Yola</lang>
                        <orth>rhing, ring</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*hring</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old French</lang>
                    <orth>renge, range</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>renge, raunge</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle French</lang>
                      <orth>renge</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*hring</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>hring</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>North Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>Ring, Rink</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Saterland Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>Ring</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>West Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>ring</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*hring</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>ring, hring</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>rinc, ring</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German</lang>
                        <orth>Ring</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Luxembourgish</lang>
                        <orth>Rank</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Yiddish</lang>
                        <orth>רינג (ring)</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*hring</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>ring, hring</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>rinc, ring</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Old Czech</lang>
                        <orth>rynek, rynk, ryňk</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Czech</lang>
                          <orth>rynek</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*hring</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>ring, hring</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>rinc, ring</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Old Polish</lang>
                        <orth>rynek</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Silesian</lang>
                          <orth>rynek</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*hring</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>ring, hring</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>rinc, ring</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Old Polish</lang>
                        <orth>rynek</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Polish</lang>
                          <orth>rynek</orth>
                          <form type="descendant">
                            <lang>Belarusian</lang>
                            <orth>ры́нак (rýnak)</orth>
                          </form>
                          <form type="descendant">
                            <lang>Kashubian</lang>
                            <orth>rënk</orth>
                          </form>
                          <form type="descendant">
                            <lang>Russian</lang>
                            <orth>ры́нок (rýnok)</orth>
                          </form>
                          <form type="descendant">
                            <lang>Ukrainian</lang>
                            <orth>ри́нок (rýnok)</orth>
                          </form>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*hring</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>hring</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>rink</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Plautdietsch</lang>
                        <orth>Rinkj</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*hring</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>hring</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>rink</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Low German</lang>
                        <orth>Ring, rinc, rink</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>German Low German</lang>
                          <orth>Ring</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>hringr</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Elfdalian</lang>
                    <orth>ringg</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>ringur</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Gutnish</lang>
                    <orth>ringg</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>hringur</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norn</lang>
                    <orth>ring</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian Nynorsk</lang>
                    <orth>ring</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>hringr</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Danish</lang>
                    <orth>ring</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Danish</lang>
                      <orth>ring</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                        <orth>ring</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>hringr</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>ringer</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>ring</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Gothic</lang>
                  <orth>*𐌷𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍃 (*hriggs)</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Italian</lang>
                    <orth>aringo, arringo</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Italian</lang>
                      <orth>aringa, arringa</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Gothic</lang>
                  <orth>*𐌷𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍃 (*hriggs)</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Italian</lang>
                    <orth>aringo, arringo</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Old French</lang>
                      <orth>harangue</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>English</lang>
                        <orth>harangue</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>French</lang>
                        <orth>harangue</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Latin</lang>
                        <orth>harenga</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Occitan</lang>
                        <orth>arengua</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Portuguese</lang>
                        <orth>arenga</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Spanish</lang>
                        <orth>arenga</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Gothic</lang>
                  <orth>*𐌷𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍃 (*hriggs)</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Medieval Latin</lang>
                    <orth>arengum</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Italian</lang>
                      <orth>arengo</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Crimean Gothic</lang>
                  <orth>ringo</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-Finnic</lang>
                  <orth>*rëngas</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
            </list>
          </re>
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