Proto-West Germanic

*þing

‘court session, lawsuit’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-West Germanic *þing.

4 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *þing, most familiar first.

• thing ← þing
• anything ← aniþing ← þing
• dingus ← dinges ← ding ← dinc ← thinc
• dinges ← ding ← dinc ← thinc

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *þing