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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *angia-, *angu-, *angustu-z
Meaning: narrow
Gothic: *aŋgʷu-s (u) `narrow'
Old Norse: ɔng-r, öng-r `enge'
Norwegian: ang adj.
Old English: enge `narrow, anxious'
Old Frisian: ong-neil; ongost, ongest, onxt m. `angst'
Old Saxon: engi
Middle Dutch: enghe; anxt m., anxte f.
Dutch: eng; angst m.
Middle Low German: enge; angest, anxt m.
Old High German: { angi }, engi `eng' (8.Jh.); ang m. `Verdrusst, Schade, Betrübnis'; angust f. (8.Jh.)
Middle High German: ɛnge st. f. 'enge, schlucht; meerenge'; angest st. f., m. 'bedrängnis; angst, furcht, besorgnis'
German: eng; Angst f.
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *amg'h- <PIH *H->
Meaning: narrow; to tie together
Hittite: hamenk- / hamank- (I) 'binden' (Tischler 142)
Tokharian: A eṃts, B entse (PT *enkse) 'greed, envy' (Adams 87)
Old Indian: aṃhu- (in comp. and in comp. aṃhīyas) `narrow', aṃhú- n. (only abl. sg. aṃhós) `anxiety, distress', aṃhurá- `straitened, distressed'; áṃhas- n. `anxiety, trouble; sin'
Avestan: ązaŋhē `zubedrängen, in Not zu beringen'; ny-āzata `sie schnürt sich', ny-āzayǝn `sie sollten hineinzwängen'; ązah- `Bedrängnung, Not, Gefangenschaft'
Old Greek: ánkhō `zusammenschnüren, erdrosseln'; ankhónǟ `Strick, das Erdrosseln', adv., praep. áŋkhi `nahe', aŋkhóthi, -then, aŋkhọ̄̂; aŋktḗr m. `Zusammenschnürer'
Latin: ango, anctum, -ere `beengen, würgen, ängstigen'; angi-portus, -ūs `enges Gässchen, Sackgasse'; angor, -ōris m. `Würgen, erstickende Beklemmung, Angst'
Celtic: Bret enk `eng', Ir cach ing `aus jeder Bedrängnis, Klemme'; Cymr ing `bedrängte Lage', Ir cum-ung `eng', Cymr cyf-yng, yng, ing `eng'; *eksnghu- > Cymr ehang `weit, reichlich'
Russ. meaning: узкий; связывать
References: WP I 62 f
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Vasmer's dictionary :
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Word: у́зкий,
Near etymology: у́зок, узка́, у́зко, сравн. степ. у́же, укр. вузьки́й, ву́зько, др.-русск. узъкъ, ст.-слав. ѫзъкъ στενός (Остром., Супр.), сербохорв. у̏зак, у̏зка, у̏зко, словен. ȯ́zǝk, ж. ȯ́zka, чеш. úzký, слвц. úzky, польск. wązki, в.-луж. wuzki, н.-луж. huzki.
Further etymology: Праслав. *ǫzъkъ, расширение основы на -u, родственно др.-инд. aɨ̇húṣ "узкий", áɨ̇has ср. р. "узкое место, стесненность", авест. ązah- ср. р. "нужда", арм. anjuk "узкий", гот. aggwus "узкий", лит. añkštas "узкий", лат. angustus "узкий, тесный", аngоr м. "страх, боязнь", греч. ἄγχω "сдавливаю, душу"; см. Траутман, ВSW 11; Мейе, Ét. 325; Вальде -- Гофм. I, 48; Френкель, Lit. Wb. 11; Хюбшман 420; Клюге-Гётце 132. Сюда же др.-русск. узмень "узкий залив", укр. у́зьмiнь, русск.-цслав. ѫзмень.
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Baltic etymology :
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Proto-Baltic: *añg-š-t-a- adj.
Meaning: narrow
Lithuanian: añkšta- `schmal, eng'
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