Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hring

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 1

From Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“ring, circle”).

Noun

*hring m

2. ring, circle

Inflection

Derived terms

• *hringijan
• *hringōn

Descendants

• Old English: hring, hrincg, hrinċġ, ring; ᚱᛁᚾᚷ (rinġ)
  • Middle English: ryng, rynge, ring
    • English: ring
    • Scots: ring
    • Yola: ring
  • → Medieval Latin: ringa, renga (Anglo-Latin)
• Old Frisian: hring
  • North Frisian: Ring, Rink
  • Saterland Frisian: Ring
  • West Frisian: ring
• Old Saxon: hring
  • Middle Low German: rinc, rink, ring
    • German Low German: Ring
    • Low German: rink
    • Plautdietsch: Rinkj
• Old Dutch: ring
  • Middle Dutch: rinc
    • Dutch: ring
      • Afrikaans: ring
      • Negerhollands: rink, riṅ
      • →? Aukan: linga
      • → Indonesian: ring
      • → Papiamentu: renchi, ringtsje (from the diminutive)
    • Limburgish: rink
• Old High German: ring, hring
  • Middle High German: rinc, ring
    • German: Ring
    • Luxembourgish: Rank
    • Yiddish: רינג (ring)
• → Old French: reng, renc, renk, renge, renke, rang, ranc (see there for further descendants)
• → Old French: renge, range (“sword-belt”)
  • Middle French: renge
  • → Middle English: renge, raunge

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“ringing sound”).

Noun

*hring m

2. (Anglo-Frisian Germanic) ringing sound

Inflection

Descendants

• Old English: hring
  • Middle English: *ring
    • English: ring