hring

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iŋk

Noun

hring

1. indefinite accusative singular of hringur
2. indefinite dative singular of hringur

Lutuv

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *hriŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sreŋ (“alive”); cognate with Mizo hring.

Verb

hring

1. to be green
2. to be alive, fresh

References

• Brandy, Anthony (February 2026), “Interactions between directionals, TAM marking, and Aktionsart in Hnaring Lutuv (Lautu) Chin”, in Indiana Working Papers in South Asian Languages and Cultures‎^[1], volume 4, number 1, →DOI

Mizo

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *hriŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sreŋ (“alive”).

Verb

hring (stem II hrin)

1. to give birth, beget
2. to be green
3. to be fresh

Further reading

• Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “hring”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society

Old English

Alternative forms

• hrincg, hrinċġ, ring
• ᚱᛁᚾᚷ (rinġ) — Wheatley Hill Finger Ring

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz. Cognate with Old Frisian hring, Old Saxon hring, Old High German ring, Old Norse hringr, also Finnish rengas.

In some forms and senses, possibly influenced by related hrinċġe, hrinġe (“loop, handle, clasp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xrinɡ/, [r̥iŋɡ]
• Rhymes: -inɡ

Noun

hring m

1. ring (circular band)
2. ring (circular mark); circle
3. circuit, cycle
4. a round object; orb, globe
5. a loop or ring used as a means of attachment, suspension, or compression; handle
6. a wreath, garland, or festoon
7. the border of a circular area or region
8. (figurative) the limit of a jurisdiction

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	hring	hringas
accusative	hring	hringas
genitive	hringes	hringa
dative	hringe	hringum

Derived terms

• ēaghring
• ēarhring

Related terms

• hrinġe

Descendants

• Middle English: ryng, rynge, ring
  • English: ring
    • → French: ring
      • → Romanian: ring
    • → Hungarian: ring
    • → Italian: ring
    • → Japanese: リング
    • → Polish: ring
    • → Portuguese: ringue
    • → Serbo-Croatian: ring
    • → Spanish: ring
    • → Turkish: ring
  • Scots: rhing, ring
  • Yola: rhing, ring
• → Medieval Latin: ringa, renga (Anglo-Latin)

Old High German

Alternative forms

• ring

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hring.

Noun

hring m

1. ring

Declension

Declension of hring (masculine a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	hring	hringā, hringa
accusative	hring	hringā, hringa
genitive	hringes	hringo
dative	hringe	hringum
instrumental	hringu	—

Descendants

• Middle High German: rinc, ring
  • German: Ring

References

• Braune, Wilhelm, Althochdeutsches Lesebuch, zusammengestellt und mit Glossar versehen
• Köbler, Gerhard (2014), Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎^[2] (in German), 6th edition

Old Norse

Noun

hring

1. accusative singular of hringr

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“ring, circle”).

Noun

hring m

1. ring

Descendants

• Middle Low German: rink
  • Low German: Ring, rinc, rink
    • German Low German: Ring
  • Plautdietsch: Rinkj