Words that come from Proto-Germanic “þingą”

124 words across 31 languages descend from Proto-Germanic þingą — including thing, everything, plaything, thang, Storting, thingy, Althing, thingness.

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English (27)

German (10)

Icelandic (8)

Danish (7)

Dutch (6)

Swedish (6)

Norwegian Bokmål (6)

Norwegian Nynorsk (6)

Middle High German (6)

Luxembourgish (4)

Old High German (4)

Faroese (3)

Old Norse (3)

Finnish (3)

Middle English (3)

Old Dutch (2)

Afrikaans (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Old Swedish (2)

Old English (2)

Pennsylvania German (2)

Old Danish (1)

Volapük (1)

Nigerian Pidgin (1)

Yola (1)

Russian (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Northern Sami (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)