Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þingōn

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 *þingōną, equivalent to *þing (“meeting, case, matter”) +‎ *-ōn.

Verb

*þingōn

to hold a meeting, address, discuss

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*þingōn
1st sg. past	*þingōdā
Infinitive	*þingōn
Genitive infin.	*þingōnijas
Dative infin.	*þingōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*þingōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*þingō	*þingōdā
2nd singular	*þingōs	þingōdēs, þingōdōs
3rd singular	*þingōþ	þingōdē, þingōdā
1st plural	*þingōm	*þingōdum
2nd plural	*þingōþ	*þingōdud
3rd plural	*þingōnþ	*þingōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*þingō	*þingōdī
2nd singular	*þingōs	*þingōdī
3rd singular	*þingō	*þingōdī
1st plural	*þingōm	*þingōdīm
2nd plural	*þingōþ	*þingōdīd
3rd plural	*þingōn	*þingōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*þingō
Plural	*þingōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*þingōndī	*þingōd

Related terms

*þingijan

Descendants

Old English: þingian
- Middle English: thingien, thingen (likely conflated with the desecendant of *þingijan)
Old Frisian: thingia
- West Frisian: tingje
Old Saxon: thingon
- Middle Low German: dingen
Old Dutch: *thingon
- Middle Dutch: dingen
  - Dutch: dingen
Old High German: dingōn
- Middle High German: dingen (likely conflated with the desecendant of *þingijan)
  - German: dingen
    - → Esperanto: dungi