Etymology

dinge

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Today it means: Dinginess. Full definition →

Middle English *dengen ← Old English denġan ← Proto-West Germanic *dangijan
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dinge · noun1

From dingy.

dinge · verb2

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*dangijaną“to beat, hit”
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*dangijan
  3. Old English · inherited fromdenġan
  4. Middle English · inherited from*dengen
  5. English todaydinge

From Middle English *dengen, from Old English denġan, denċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *dangijan, from Proto-Germanic *dangijaną (“to beat, hit”).

Words from the same roots

Middle English*dengen all →

dunch

Old Englishdenġan all →

dunch

Proto-Germanic*dangijaną all →

dunch

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