Where does “angish” come from?

angish (Yola) comes from Middle English ange, 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;...

angish (Yola): poverty

Definitions

  1. poverty

Ancestry of “angish”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishangevexed
2Old Englishangenarrow, tight, constrained; vexed, troubled,...
3Proto-West Germanic*angīnarrow
4Proto-Germanicanguznarrow, tight
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂énǵʰusnarrow, tight
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂enǵʰ-to constrict, tighten, compress; narrow, tight;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂enǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂énǵʰus →Every word from Proto-Germanic anguz →