Proto-West Germanic
*þing
‘court session, lawsuit’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-West Germanic *þing.
4 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *þing, most familiar first.
- thing ← þing
- anything ← aniþing ← þing
- dingus ← dinges ← ding ← dinc ← thinc
- dinges ← ding ← dinc ← thinc
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Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *þing