*þingą
Runic: ᚦᛁᚾᚷᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈθiŋ.ɡɑ̃/noun · neuter · a-stem
Meanings
- appointed time; date; appointment
- meeting; assembly, council
- case, matter, issue (such as what is discussed at an assembly)
- thing, object
Etymology
From earlier Proto-Indo-European *tenkóm, likely from *tenk- (‘to be suitable’) (compare *þinhaną (‘to succeed’) for more cognates), in which case the original meaning was "suitable time; scheduled time", which then shifted to "assembly; issue, matter to discuss".
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | þingą | þingō |
| Acc. | þingą | þingō |
| Gen. | þingas, þingis | þingǫ̂ |
| Dat. | þingai | þingamaz |
| Inst. | þingō | þingamiz |
| Voc. | þingą | þingō |
Descendants
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*þing (Proto-West Germanic)
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thinc (Old Dutch)
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dinc (Middle Dutch)
- dink, ding (Limburgish)
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dinc (Middle Dutch)
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thinc (Old Dutch)
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*þing (Proto-West Germanic)
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thinc (Old Dutch)
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dinc (Middle Dutch)
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ding (Dutch)
- ding (Afrikaans)
- dinggi (Berbice Creole Dutch)
- däng (Jersey Dutch)
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ding (Dutch)
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dinc (Middle Dutch)
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thinc (Old Dutch)
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*þing (Proto-West Germanic)
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þing, þinċġ, þinġċ (Old English)
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thing, thinge, thyng (Middle English)
- thing (English)
- thing, ting, hing (Scots)
- dhing (Yola)
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thing, thinge, thyng (Middle English)
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þing, þinċġ, þinġċ (Old English)
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*þing (Proto-West Germanic)
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thing (Old Frisian)
- Ding (Saterland Frisian)
- ting, ding (West Frisian)
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thing (Old Frisian)
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*þing (Proto-West Germanic)
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ding, dinc, dink, thing (Old High German)
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dinc (Middle High German)
- ding (Cimbrian)
- Ding (German)
- Déngen (Luxembourgish)
- Ding (Pennsylvania German)
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dinc (Middle High German)
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ding, dinc, dink, thing (Old High German)
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*þing (Proto-West Germanic)
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thing (Old Saxon)
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dink (Middle Low German)
- Dinkj (Plautdietsch)
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dink (Middle Low German)
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thing (Old Saxon)
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*þing (Proto-West Germanic)
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thing (Old Saxon)
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dink (Middle Low German)
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Ding (Low German)
- Ding (German Low German)
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Ding (Low German)
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dink (Middle Low German)
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thing (Old Saxon)
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þing (Old Norse)
- ting (Faroese)
- Thing (German)
- tingg (Gutnish)
- þing (Icelandic)
- ting (Norn)
- ting (Norwegian Nynorsk)
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þing (Old Norse)
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þing, thing (Old Danish)
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ting (Danish)
- ting (Norwegian Bokmål)
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ting (Danish)
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þing, thing (Old Danish)
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þing (Old Norse)
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þing (Old Swedish)
- ting (Swedish)
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þing (Old Swedish)
- *tiŋkē (Proto-Samic)
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*tinka (Proto-Finnic)
- tinka (Finnish)