Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þing ‎(“assembly, council, business”), in turn from Proto-Germanic *þingą. Cognate with Faroese ting, Norwegian ting, Swedish ting, and Danish ting, English thing, Dutch ding, German Ding, and an unattested Gothic 𐌸𐌹𐌲𐌲 ‎(*þigg)^[1].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θiŋk/
• Rhymes: -iŋk

Noun

þing n ‎(genitive singular þings, nominative plural þing)

1. assembly, meeting, council
2. parliament

Declension

Derived terms

• Alþingi
• allsherjarþing (General Assembly)
• fjarþinghald (teleconferencing)
• rafrænt þinghald (electronic conferencing)
• símaþinghald (teleconferencing)
• sýndarþinghald (virtual conferencing, virtual conference)
• tölvuþinghald (computer conferencing)
• þinga
• þinghald (conferencing)
• þingmaður

References

1. ↑ German and probable Gothic cognate in Deutsches Wörterbuch

Old Danish

Alternative forms

• thing (Jutlandic)

Etymology

From Old Norse þing, from Proto-Germanic *þingą.

Noun

þing n (genitive þings, plural þing)

1. (Scanian) assembly, council
   • c. 1210, "Uil bryti skilias", Scanian Law, chapter 231.

     […] þa fari brytin til tuiggia þinga […]

     […] then the bailiff must attend two assemblies […]

Declension

Descendants

• Danish: ting

Old English

Noun

þing n ‎(nominative plural þing)

1. event, meeting, court
2. matter, concern
3. thing, object

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: thynge, thing
  • English: thing

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þingą.

Noun

þing ?

1. thing

Descendants

• Icelandic: þing
• German: Thing (modern borrowing)
• Swedish: ting