Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hangāną
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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *hanhaną (“to hang”) + *-āną.
Verb
*hangāną
- (intransitive) to hang, to be suspended
Inflection
Conjugation of *hangāną (weak class 3)
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *hangēn
- Old Norse: hanga
- Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (hāhān) (< *hanhāną, or a later alteration based on the homographic strong verb)
References
- ^ “hing, v., n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC: “The form hangit is from the pr. stem hang, Mid.Eng. hangen, in O.Sc. referring gen. only to judicial hanging.”