Where does “dingen” come from?

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

dingen (Middle English): To violently hit, strike or attack someone; To...

Definitions

  1. To violently hit, strike or attack someone; To...

Ancestry of “dingen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdinganto ding
2Proto-West Germanic*dingwan—
3Proto-Germanicdingwanąto beat
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰén-surface

Words derived from “dingen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰén- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dingwaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *dingwan →