Words that come from Old Norse -ing

73 words across 19 languages descend from Old Norse -ing — including -ing, -ing, menning, kelling, kärling, käring, kælling, häradshövding.

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Swedish (15)

Norwegian Nynorsk (11)

Old Norse (9)

Icelandic (8)

Norwegian Bokmål (6)

Danish (4)

Faroese (4)

Old Swedish (3)

Russian (2)

Armenian (2)

Old Irish (1)

Elfdalian (1)

Old East Slavic (1)

French (1)

Medieval Latin (1)

Catalan (1)

Spanish (1)

Romanian (1)

Portuguese (1)