nothyng

Middle English

Alternative forms

• nothing

Etymology

From Old English nāþing, equivalent to no +‎ thyng.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔːθinɡ/, [ˈnɔːθiŋɡ]

Pronoun

nothyng

1. Not any thing; no thing.
2. An absence of anything, including empty space, brightness, darkness, matter, or a vacuum.

Declension

    Declension of nothyng

	Singular	Plural
nominative, accusative	nothyng	nothyngs or nothynges
genitive	nothynges	nothynge
dative	nothynge	nothyngen

Descendants

• English: nothing
• Yola: nodhing

References

• “nō-thing, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.