findig

German

Etymology

finden +‎ -ig

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪndɪç/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪndɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: fin‧dig

Adjective

findig (comparative findiger, superlative am findigsten)

1. resourceful

Further reading

• “findig” in Duden online

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Old English

Alternative forms

• fyndiġ

Etymology

From find +‎ -ig; the former from the verb findan, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną (compare Dutch vinden, German finden, Swedish finna), a secondary verb from Proto-Indo-European *pontHo- (compare Old Irish étain (“I find”), áitt (“place”), Latin pōns (“bridge”), Ancient Greek πόντος (póntos, “sea”), Old Armenian հուն (hun, “ford”), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬚𐬀 (paθa) (gen. paþō), Sanskrit पथ (patha, “path”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfin.dij/

Adjective

findiġ

1. capable
2. considerable, good, heavy

   findig corn ― heavy corn

Declension

Declension of findiġ — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	findiġ	findiġu, findġu, findiġo, findġo	findiġ
Accusative	findiġne	findiġe, findġe	findiġ
Genitive	findiġes, findġes	findiġre	findiġes, findġes
Dative	findiġum, findġum	findiġre	findiġum, findġum
Instrumental	findiġe, findġe	findiġre	findiġe, findġe
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	findiġe, findġe	findiġa, findġa, findiġe, findġe	findiġu, findġu, findiġo, findġo
Accusative	findiġe, findġe	findiġa, findġa, findiġe, findġe	findiġu, findġu, findiġo, findġo
Genitive	findiġra	findiġra	findiġra
Dative	findiġum, findġum	findiġum, findġum	findiġum, findġum
Instrumental	findiġum, findġum	findiġum, findġum	findiġum, findġum

Declension of findiġ — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	findiġa, findġa	findiġe, findġe	findiġe, findġe
Accusative	findiġan, findġan	findiġan, findġan	findiġe, findġe
Genitive	findiġan, findġan	findiġan, findġan	findiġan, findġan
Dative	findiġan, findġan	findiġan, findġan	findiġan, findġan
Instrumental	findiġan, findġan	findiġan, findġan	findiġan, findġan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	findiġan, findġan	findiġan, findġan	findiġan, findġan
Accusative	findiġan, findġan	findiġan, findġan	findiġan, findġan
Genitive	findiġra, findiġena, findġena	findiġra, findiġena, findġena	findiġra, findiġena, findġena
Dative	findiġum, findġum	findiġum, findġum	findiġum, findġum
Instrumental	findiġum, findġum	findiġum, findġum	findiġum, findġum

Related terms

• ġefyndiġ (“capable”)

Descendants

• Middle English: findi (“capable, effective, suitable”)

References

• John R. Clark Hall (1916) “findig”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “findig”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.