þang

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

IPA^(key): /θauŋk/
Rhymes: -auŋk

Noun

þang n (genitive singular þangs, no plural)

kelp, seaweed

Declension

declension of þang

	indefinite	definite
n-s	singular
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) chapter 1068, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1068

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