Reconstruction:Old Dutch/thwingan
Old Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *þwingan, from Proto-Germanic *þwinhaną, related to *þwangiz (“clamp, strap”).
Verb edit
*thwingan
- to force
Inflection edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Middle Dutch: dwingen
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.