þang

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þang, þongull, 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)

1. kelp, seaweed

Declension

Declension of þang (sg-only neuter)

	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 [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1068