Where does “hunting” come from?

Hunting comes from Middle English huntung, from Old English huntung, derived from Old English huntian combined with the Old English suffix -ung, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European kend-.

hunting (English): The act of finding and killing a wild animal,...

Definitions

  1. The act of finding and killing a wild animal,...

Ancestry of “hunting”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishhunting—
2Old Englishhuntunghunting
3Old English-ungforming nouns from verbs, denoting verbal action...
4Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."

Words derived from “hunting”

Every word from Proto-Germanic -ungō →Every word from Old English -ung →Every word from Old English huntung →