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Old English
Etymology 1
From Proto-West Germanic *jung.
Cognates:
Cognate with Old Frisian jung, Old Saxon giung (Low German jung), Dutch jong, Old High German junc (German jung), Old Norse ungr (Swedish ung), Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍃 (juggs); and with Latin juvenis (“young”), Old Irish oac (“young”), Albanian vogël, vogl (“small, young”), Russian ю́ный (júnyj, “youthful”).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Adjective
ġeong (comparative ġingra, superlative ġinġest)
- young
- new, recent
- (in the superlative) latest, last
Declension
Declension of ġeong — Strong
Declension of ġeong — Weak
Descendants
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
ġeong m
- Alternative form of gang
Etymology 3
From Proto-West Germanic *geang, first and third person singular indicative preterite of *gangan.
Pronunciation
Verb
ġēong
- First and third person indicative preterite of gangan
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 4
- ^ Hogg, Richard (1992) A Grammar of Old English, volume 1: Phonology, Oxford: Blackwell, →ISBN, page 269