Where does “firring” come from?
firring (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic -ing, from Old Norse -ing, from Proto-Germanic -ingō — -ing.
firring (Icelandic): alienation
Ancestry of “firring”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | -ing | |
| 2 | Old Norse | -ing | Forms gerund nouns from verbs |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -ingō | -ing |