Where does “onythynge” come from?

onythynge (Middle English) comes from Old English ǣniġe þinga, from Old English ǣniġe, from Old English ǣniġ, from Proto-West Germanic *ainag — only, sole.

Ancestry of “onythynge”, step by step

onythynge traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English ǣniġe þinga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishǣniġe þinga—
2Old Englishǣniġe—
3Old Englishǣniġany
4Proto-West Germanic*ainagonly, sole

via Old English ǣnġi þinga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishǣnġi þinga—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *ainag →Every word from Old English ǣniġ →Every word from Old English ǣniġe →