Where does “-ung” come from?

-ung (German) comes from Middle High German -ung, from Old High German -unga, from Proto-Germanic -ungō — -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs.".

-ung (German): -ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing...

Definitions

  1. -ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing...

Ancestry of “-ung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High German-ung—
2Old High German-unga-ing
3Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."

Words derived from “-ung”

Every word from Proto-Germanic -ungō →Every word from Old High German -unga →Every word from Middle High German -ung →