Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hringijā

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Alternative forms

*hringā

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hringijǭ.

Noun

*hringijā f

a ring used as a means of attachment, suspension, or compression; a clasp; a brooch

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hringijā
Genitive	*hringijōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hringijā	*hringijōn
Accusative	*hringijōn	*hringijōn
Genitive	*hringijōn	*hringijōnō
Dative	*hringijōn	*hringijōm
Instrumental	*hringijōn	*hringijōm

Related terms

*hring

Descendants

Old English: hrinġe, hrinġiæ, hrinġæ, hrinġċe, rinġċe, rhinġæ
- Middle English: ring, rynge, renge (merged with descendant of hring)
  - English: ring
  - Scots: ring
Old Saxon: hringa
- Middle Low German: rinke
Old High German: ringa
- Middle High German: ringge, rinke
  - German: Rinke