ryng

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hring, from Proto-West Germanic *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz.

Alternative forms

• rynge, ring

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rinɡ/, /riːnɡ/

Noun

ryng (plural rynges)

1. ring

Derived terms

• ryngbon

Descendants

• English: ring
  • → French: ring
    • → Romanian: ring
  • → Hungarian: ring
  • → Italian: ring
  • → Japanese: リング
  • → Polish: ring
  • → Portuguese: ringue
  • → Serbo-Croatian: ring
  • → Spanish: ring
  • → Turkish: ring
• Scots: rhing, ring
• Yola: rhing, ring

References

• “ring, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Verb

ryng

1. (Derbyshire; Late Middle English, Norfolk, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire) alternative form of ryngen (“to resound”)