Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þing

This Proto-West Germanic 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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þingą.

Noun

*þing n

1. court session, lawsuit
2. affair, matter
3. thing, object

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*þing
Genitive	*þingas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*þing	*þingu
Accusative	*þing	*þingu
Genitive	*þingas	*þingō
Dative	*þingē	*þingum
Instrumental	*þingu	*þingum

Derived terms

• *þingijan
• *þingōn

Descendants

• Old English: þing, þinċġ, þinġċ
  • Middle English: thing, thinge, thyng
    • English: thing
    • Scots: thing, ting, hing
    • Yola: dhing
• Old Frisian: thing
  • West Frisian: ding
• Old Saxon: thing
  • Middle Low German: dink
    • German Low German: Ding
    • Plautdietsch: Dinkj
• Old Dutch: thing
  • Middle Dutch: dinc
    • Dutch: ding
      • Afrikaans: ding
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: dinggi
      • Jersey Dutch: däng
    • Limburgish: dink, ding
• Old High German: ding, dinc, dink, thing
  • Middle High German: ding
    • Cimbrian: ding
    • German: Ding
    • Luxembourgish: Déngen
    • Pennsylvania German: Ding