þang
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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse þongull, þang, from Proto-Germanic *þangą, from Proto-Indo-European *tenk- (“to thicken, be solid”), related to Proto-Germanic *þinhaną. Cognate with Swedish tång and Norwegian Bokmål tang.
Pronunciation
Noun
þang n (genitive singular þangs, no plural)
Declension
| Declension of þang | ||
|---|---|---|
| n-s | singular | |
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | þang | þangið |
| accusative | þang | þangið |
| dative | þangi | þanginu |
| genitive | þangs | þangsins |
Further reading
- “þang” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1068”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1068