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

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Etymology

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

Verb

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*thwingan

  1. to force

Inflection

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This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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