*þwangiz

Runic: ᚦᚹᚨᚾᚷᛁᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈθwɑŋ.ɡiz/

noun · masculine · i-stem

Meanings

restraint, pressure
belt, strap, thong

Etymology

From earlier *þwanguz, from *þwinhaną (‘to press’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	þwangiz	þwangīz
Acc.	þwangį	þwanginz
Gen.	þwangīz	þwangijǫ̂
Dat.	þwangī	þwangimaz
Inst.	þwangī	þwangimiz
Voc.	þwangi	þwangīz

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Descendants

*þwangi (Proto-West Germanic)
- *thwang (Old Dutch)
  - dwanc (Middle Dutch)
    - dwang (Dutch)
      - dwang (Afrikaans)
      - paksaan (Indonesian)
      - twang (Negerhollands)
*þwangi (Proto-West Germanic)
- þwang, þwong, þwæng, þweng (Old English)
  - thong, thwong, thwang (Middle English)
    - thong (English)
    - thwang, thwayng, thang (Scots)
    - fong (Yola)
*þwangi (Proto-West Germanic)
- thwong, thwang (Old Frisian)
  - Twoang (Saterland Frisian)
  - twang (West Frisian)
*þwangi (Proto-West Germanic)
- dwang (Old High German)
  - twanc (Middle High German)
    - Zwang (German)
*þwangi (Proto-West Germanic)
- *thwang (Old Saxon)
  - dwanc, dwank (Middle Low German)
    - Dwang (German Low German)
*þwang (Proto-West Germanic)
- *thwang (Old Dutch)
  - dwanc (Middle Dutch)
    - dwang (Dutch)
      - dwang (Afrikaans)
      - paksaan (Indonesian)
      - twang (Negerhollands)
*þwang (Proto-West Germanic)
- þwang, þwong, þwæng, þweng (Old English)
  - thong, thwong, thwang (Middle English)
    - thong (English)
    - thwang, thwayng, thang (Scots)
    - fong (Yola)
*þwang (Proto-West Germanic)
- thwong, thwang (Old Frisian)
  - Twoang (Saterland Frisian)
  - twang (West Frisian)
*þwang (Proto-West Germanic)
- dwang (Old High German)
  - twanc (Middle High German)
    - Zwang (German)
*þwang (Proto-West Germanic)
- *thwang (Old Saxon)
  - dwanc, dwank (Middle Low German)
    - Dwang (German Low German)
þvengr (Old Norse)
- tvongur (Faroese)
- þvengur (Icelandic)
- tveng (Norwegian)

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