Where does “dingan” come from?

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

dingan (Old English): to ding

Definitions

  1. to ding

Ancestry of “dingan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “dingan”

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