Reconstruction:Old Dutch/thwingan

This Old Dutch entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *þwingan, from Proto-Germanic *þwinhaną, related to *þwangiz (clamp, strap).

Verb edit

*thwingan

  1. to force

Inflection edit

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Middle Dutch: dwingen
    • Dutch: dwingen
    • Limburgish: dwinge
  • Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.