Where does “angbreost” come from?

angbreost (Old English) comes from Old English ange, from Proto-West Germanic *angī, from Proto-Germanic anguz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂énǵʰus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂enǵʰ- — to constrict, tighten, compress; narrow, tight;...

angbreost (Old English): asthma, shortness of breath

Definitions

  1. asthma, shortness of breath

Ancestry of “angbreost”, step by step

angbreost traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English ange

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishangenarrow, tight, constrained; vexed, troubled,...
2Proto-West Germanic*angīnarrow
3Proto-Germanicanguznarrow, tight
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂énǵʰusnarrow, tight
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂enǵʰ-to constrict, tighten, compress; narrow, tight;...

via Old English brēost

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbrēostchest
2Proto-West Germanicbreustbreast, chest
3Proto-Germanicbreustąbreast, chest
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrews-to break
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂enǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂énǵʰus →Every word from Proto-Germanic anguz →
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