Where does “Niederung” come from?

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

Niederung (German): lowland

Definitions

  1. lowland

Ancestry of “Niederung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1German-ung-ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing...
2Middle High German-ung—
3Old High German-unga-ing
4Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."

Words derived from “Niederung”

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