Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þing
Proto-West Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *þingą.
Noun edit
*þing n[1]
Inflection edit
Neuter a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *þing | |
Genitive | *þingas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *þing | *þingu |
Accusative | *þing | *þingu |
Genitive | *þingas | *þingō |
Dative | *þingē | *þingum |
Instrumental | *þingu | *þingum |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Old English: þing, þinċġ, þinġċ
- Old Frisian: thing
- West Frisian: ding
- Old Saxon: thing
- Old Dutch: thing
- Old High German: ding, dinc, dink, thing
References edit
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 128: “PWGmc *þing”