Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tinganą

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This Proto-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-Germanic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (to bite), with -ng- instead of expected -nh-. But compare Old English *þingan, geþingan (to thrive) which continues Proto-Germanic *þinhaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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*tinganą[1]

  1. to press upon, throng

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Old English: *tingan, getingan

References

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  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*tingan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 518