Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗Very minor damage caused by being struck; a small dent or chip. · A rejection.
To hit or strike. · To dash; to throw violently. · To inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking. · To fire or reject.
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”).
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- Inherited-form mentiondingenenm
- Inherited-form mention*dinganang · to ding
- Inherited-form mention*dingwangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*dingwanągem-pro · to beat
- Derivation mention*dʰen-ine-pro · to beat, push
- Cognate mentiondenġanang
- Cognate mentiondengjanon · to hammer
- Cognate mention*dangijanągem-pro · to beat, hammer, peen
- Cognate mentiondengjais · to hammer
- Cognate mentiondängasv · to bang, beat
- Cognate mentiondængeda · to bang, beat
- Cognate mentiontengelnde
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