English
tiding
From a merger of Middle English tiding, tidinge, from Late Old English tīdung, with Middle English tidinde, tidende, from or influenced by Old Norse tíðindi (“news, tidings”), both connected to Old English tīdan (“to befall; happen”).
Equivalent to tide ‘time’ + -ing
Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- ‘to share, divide’
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Proto-Germanic *tīdiz ‘time’
Proto-West Germanic *tīdi ‘time’
Old English tīd ‘time in general’
Middle English tyde ‘a time (period), season’
English tide
The story
From a merger of Middle English tiding, tidinge, from Late Old English tīdung, with Middle English tidinde, tidende, from or influenced by Old Norse tíðindi (‘news, tidings’), both connected to Old English tīdan (‘to befall; happen’). Though it is sometimes assumed that the form in -ind/-end is original and later assimilated to -ing, the cognates Dutch tijding and German Zeitung point to inheritance from Proto-West Germanic *tīdungō.
Today it means
noun News; new information.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / tiding