Where does “ginning” come from?

ginning (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic ginna — to entice, to allure; to dupe, to deceive.

ginning (Icelandic): enticement, allurement

Definitions

  1. enticement, allurement

Ancestry of “ginning”, step by step

ginning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic ginna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicginnato entice, to allure; to dupe, to deceive

via Icelandic ing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicing
Every word from Icelandic ginna