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Reconstruction:Old Dutch/thwingan
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *þwinganą, related to *þwangiz (“clamp, strap”).
Verb
*thwingan
- to force
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- bithwingan
Descendants
- Middle Dutch: dwingen
- Dutch: dwingen
- Limburgish: dwinge
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.