Where does “staghunting” come from?

staghunting (English) 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.".

staghunting (English): The hunting of stags

Definitions

  1. The hunting of stags

Ancestry of “staghunting”, step by step

staghunting traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English hunting

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhuntingThe act of finding and killing a wild animal,...
2Middle Englishhunting—
3Old Englishhuntunghunting
4Old English-ungforming nouns from verbs, denoting verbal action...
5Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."

via English stag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstagAn adult male deer; A colt, or filly; A romping...
2Middle EnglishstaggeAn adult male deer; A colt or filly; A male...
3Old Englishstacgastag
4Proto-Germanicstaggijôstag
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstegʰ-to be stiff, sting; rod, blade; to stick, sting,...
Every word from Proto-Germanic -ungō →Every word from Old English -ung →Every word from Old English huntung →