Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þingą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Etymology

From earlier Proto-Indo-European *tenkó-, likely from *tenk- (“to be suitable”), in which case the original meaning was "suitable time; scheduled time" then "assembly; issue, matter to discuss".

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈθiŋ.ɡɑ̃/

Noun

*þingą n

appointed time; date; appointment
meeting; assembly, council
case, matter, issue (such as what is discussed at an assembly)

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *þingą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*þingą	*þingō
vocative	*þingą	*þingō
accusative	*þingą	*þingō
genitive	þingas, þingis	*þingǫ̂
dative	*þingai	*þingamaz
instrumental	*þingō	*þingamiz

Derived terms

*þingōną

Related terms

*þinhaną
*þinhsą

Descendants

In most languages this word came to be used for objects in general. This is similar to the development of *sakō and also Latin rēs and causa (in Romance languages).

Old English: þing
- Middle English: thing
  - Scots: thing, ting, hing
  - English: thing
  - Yola: dhing
Old Frisian: thing
- West Frisian: ding
Old Saxon: thing
- Middle Low German: dink
  - Low German: Ding, Dinkj
  - Plautdietsch: Dinkj
Old Dutch: thing
- Middle Dutch: dinc
  - Dutch: ding
  - Limburgish: dink, ding
Old High German: thing
- Middle High German: ding
  - German: Ding
  - Luxembourgish: Déngen
Old Norse: þing
- Icelandic: þing
- Faroese: ting
- Norn: ting
- Norwegian: ting
- Old Swedish: þing
  - Swedish: ting
- Danish: ting
- Gutnish: tingg
→ Proto-Samic:
- Southern Sami: digkie
- Northern Sami: diggi
- Inari Sami: tigge
- Skolt Sami: teʹǧǧ

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill

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