Etymology

rung

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Today it means: A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round. Full definition →

Middle English rung ← Old English hrung ← Proto-West Germanic *hrungu
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rung · noun1

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*hrungō
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*hrungu
  3. Old English · inherited fromhrung
  4. Middle English · inherited fromrung
  5. English todayrung

From Middle English rung, from Old English hrung, from Proto-West Germanic *hrungu, from Proto-Germanic *hrungō. Cognate with Dutch rong (“pole, stanchion”), German Runge (“stake, pole, stanchion”), Gothic 𐌷𐍂𐌿𐌲𐌲𐌰 (hrugga, “a staff”).

rung · verb, adjective2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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