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DingEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 定州 (Dìngzhōu, “Orderly Prefecture”).
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Borrowed from Mandarin 丁 (Dīng) or Eastern Min 陳 /陈 (Dĭng).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗dingEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
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”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗dingEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Onomatopoeic. Compare ding-dong,
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗dingEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
Romanized from Mandarin 鼎 (dǐng).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗dingEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
From Cantonese 丁 (ding¹).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗dingEnglish (en) · Etymology 6Source text
From Cantonese 丁 (ding¹).
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Chambers (1908)
1908- DingEnglish · e-37683-7719
Ding, ding, v.t. to throw, dash, or hurl: to beat: (arch.) to urge or enforce: (Scot.) to defeat, non-plus—also, as v.i., to be defeated: to descend, fall, as of continued heavy rain or snow falling.—Ding doun (Scot.), t
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Ding, ding, v.i. to ring, keep sounding.—v.t. to reiterate to a wearisome degree.—n. Ding′-dong, the sound of bells ringing: monotony: sameness. [Imit. Cf. Ring.]
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