Where does “ding” come from?

ding (Middle English) comes from Middle English dingen, from Old English dingan, from Proto-West Germanic *dingwan, from Proto-Germanic dingwaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰén- — surface.

ding (Middle English): Alternative form of dingen

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of dingen

Ancestry of “ding”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishdingenTo violently hit, strike or attack someone; To...
2Old Englishdinganto ding
3Proto-West Germanic*dingwan—
4Proto-Germanicdingwanąto beat
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰén-surface
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰén- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dingwaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *dingwan →