findig

== German == === Etymology === finden +‎ -ig === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɪndɪç/ (standard) IPA(key): /ˈfɪndɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland) Hyphenation: fin‧dig === Adjective === findig (strong nominative masculine singular findiger, comparative findiger, superlative am findigsten) resourceful ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “findig” in Duden online == Old English == === Alternative forms === fyndiġ === Etymology === From findan +‎ -ig; the former element is a verb from Proto-Germanic *finþaną (compare Dutch vinden, German finden, Swedish finna), a secondary verb from Proto-Indo-European *pontHo- (compare Old Irish étain (“I find”), áitt (“place”), Latin pōns (“bridge”), Ancient Greek πόντος (póntos, “sea”), Old Armenian հուն (hun, “ford”), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬚𐬀 (paθa) (gen. paþō), Sanskrit पथ (patha, “path”)). Compare to Swedish fyndig. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfin.dij/ === Adjective === findiġ capable considerable, good, heavy findig corn ― heavy corn ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== ġefindiġ (“capable”) ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: findige, findiȝ, fundie (“capable, effective, suitable”) English: findy Scots: findy, finny, finnie === References === John R. Clark Hall (1916), “findig”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “findig”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎[2], second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.