ding

ding · noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dʰen-“to beat, push”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*dingwaną“to beat”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*dingwan
4. Old English · inherited from*dingan“to ding”
5. Middle English · inherited fromdingen
6. English todayding

From Middle English dingen, dyngen (strong verb), from Old English *dingan (“to ding”), from Proto-West Germanic *dingwan, from Proto-Germanic *dingwaną (“to beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“to beat, push”). Related to Old English denġan, denċġan (“to ding, knock, beat, strike”, weak verb) and Old Norse dengja (“to hammer”, weak verb); both from Proto-Germanic *dangijaną (“to beat, hammer, peen”), causative of *dingwaną. Cognate with Icelandic dengja (“to hammer”), Swedish dänga (“to bang, beat”), Danish dænge (“to bang, beat”), German tengeln, dengeln (“to peen”).

ding · noun, verb²

Onomatopoeic. Compare ding-dong,

ding · noun³

Romanized from Mandarin 鼎 (dǐng).

ding · noun⁴

1. Cantonese · borrowed from丁
2. English todayding

From Cantonese 丁 (ding¹).

ding · noun⁵

1. Cantonese · borrowed from丁
2. English todayding

From Cantonese 丁 (ding¹).

Ding · proper noun⁶

1. Chinese · derived from定州“Orderly Prefecture”
2. English todayDing

From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 定州 (Dìngzhōu, “Orderly Prefecture”).

Ding · proper noun⁷

1. Eastern Min · borrowed from陳 /陈
2. Mandarin · borrowed from丁
3. English todayDing

Borrowed from Mandarin 丁 (Dīng) or Eastern Min 陳 /陈 (Dĭng).

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