- dinn
- press, force down, squeeze, Irish dingim, ding, a wedge, Early Irish dingim, perf. dedaig, *dengô; Anglo-Saxon tengan, press, Norse tengja, fasten (Bezzenberger). See daingean. Brugmann refers it to *dhinghô, Latin fingo, mould, feign, Indo-European dheigh, English dough.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.