Etymograph > Indo-European > Old English > Dictionary > þing

N (neut, a-stem)

a thing

Source: https://bosworthtoller.com/31866, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/þing#Old_English

Attested in Aelfric's Colloquy 2, Aelfric's Colloquy 4

originates from
PWGmc *þing "court session, lawsuit" through pwgmc-to-oe
PGmc *þinga- "meeting, case, thing" (pwgmc-final-a) through pgmc-to-oe
(source: Kroonen 2013:542)
Inflected forms
þinge "thing.dat.pl" (oe-dat-pl)