Where does “angsum” come from?

angsum (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;...

angsum (Old English): anxious; narrow

Definitions

  1. anxious; narrow

Ancestry of “angsum”, step by step

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;...

Words derived from “angsum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂enǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂énǵʰus →Every word from Proto-Germanic anguz →