Where does “hanting” come from?
hanting (Cebuano) comes from English hunting, from Middle English hunting, from Old English huntung, from Old English -ung, from Proto-Germanic -ungō — -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs.".
hanting (Cebuano): hunting knife
Definitions
- hunting knife
Ancestry of “hanting”, step by step
hanting traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hunting
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hunting | The act of finding and killing a wild animal,... |
| 2 | Middle English | hunting | — |
| 3 | Old English | huntung | hunting |
| 4 | Old English | -ung | forming nouns from verbs, denoting verbal action... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ungō | -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs." |
via English hunting knife
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hunting knife | A large knife designed for use in hunting... |