Ding
Pennsylvania German
noun
Definitions
- thing
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German thing inherited from Proto-Germanic *þingą (meeting, matter, appointment).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*þingą
Gloss
meeting, matter, appointment
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anything English
- everything English
- husting English
- manthing English
- nonthing English
- nothing English
- plaything English
- something English
- thing English
- thingal English
- thinger English
- thinghood English
- thingie English
- thingification English
- thingify English
- thinginess English
- thingish English
- thinglet English
- thinglike English
- thingly English
- thingness English
- thingo English
- thingy English
- underthing English
- werething English
- tinka Finnish
- Ding German
- Unding German
- dingfest German
- dinglich German
- ding Dutch, Flemish
- dingdag Dutch, Flemish
- dingwaarder Dutch, Flemish
- geding Dutch, Flemish
- hebbeding Dutch, Flemish
- onding Dutch, Flemish
- *þingą Proto-Germanic
- landsting Swedish
- ting Swedish
- tingsfiskal Swedish
- tingsrätt Swedish
- vårting Swedish
- þing Old English
- thing Middle English
- þing Old Norse
- dinc Middle Dutch
- ding Old High German
- thing Old High German
- ding Afrikaans
- ding Middle High German
- thing Old Dutch
- thing Old Saxon
- þing Old Swedish
- din Volapük
- ting Nigerian Pidgin