Where does “gisting” come from?

gisting (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic -ing, from Old Norse -ing, from Proto-Germanic -ingō — -ing.

gisting (Icelandic): night's lodging

Definitions

  1. night's lodging

Ancestry of “gisting”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandic-inging
2Old Norse-ingForms gerund nouns from verbs
3Proto-Germanic-ingō-ing
Every word from Proto-Germanic -ingō →Every word from Icelandic -ing →Every word from Old Norse -ing →