Where does “Ding” come from?

Ding comes from Chinese 定州, a place name of uncertain meaning whose etymology remains unestablished.

Ancestry of “Ding”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Middle English	dingen	To violently hit, strike or attack someone; To...
2	Old English	dingan	to ding
3	Proto-West Germanic	*dingwan	—
4	Proto-Germanic	dingwaną	to beat
5	Proto-Indo-European	dʰén-	surface

Ding — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer