daingean

strong, firm, so Irish, Old Irish daingen, Welsh dengyn, barbarous, *dangeno-, firm, hard, verb *dengô, Early Irish dingim, press. Bezzenberger compares Norse tengja, fasten, tie together, Anglo-Saxon tengan, press, Old High German gi-zengi, conjunctus. Thurneysen compares Welsh tengyn, obstinate, and Greek tangoner, press. It is possible to connect daingean with Norse dyngja, heap, women's apartment, Anglo-Saxon ding, carcer, Lithuanian dengiu, cover; perhaps Old High German tunc, earth-house, English dung.