Where does “goeling” come from?
goeling (Dutch) comes from Malay guling, from Swedish -ing, from Old Swedish -ing, from Old Norse -ing, from Proto-Germanic -ingō — -ing.
goeling (Dutch): a bamboo wife, a Dutch wife
Definitions
- a bamboo wife, a Dutch wife
Ancestry of “goeling”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Malay | guling | to roll; to overthrow |
| 2 | Swedish | -ing | Used to form verbal nouns from verbs; -ing. See... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | -ing | Forms gerund nouns from verbs |
| 4 | Old Norse | -ing | Forms gerund nouns from verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ingō | -ing |