Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hring

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hringaz.

Noun

*hring m

ring, circle

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hring
Genitive	*hringas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hring	hringō, hringōs
Accusative	*hring	*hringā
Genitive	*hringas	*hringō
Dative	*hringē	*hringum
Instrumental	*hringu	*hringum

Descendants

Old English: hring, hrincg
- Middle English: ring, rink, renk
  - Scots: ring
  - English: ring, rink
Old Frisian: hring
- North Frisian: Ring, Rink
- Saterland Frisian: Ring
- West Frisian: ring
Old Saxon: hring
- Middle Low German: ring
  - Low German: rink
  - Plautdietsch: Rinkj
Old Dutch: ring
- Middle Dutch: rinc
  - Dutch: ring
  - Limburgish: rink
Old High German: ring
- Middle High German: [Term?]
  - German: Ring
  - Luxembourgish: Rank
  - Yiddish: רינג‎ (ring)
→ Old French: renge, raunge (“sword-belt”)
- Middle French: renge