Where does “スピーキング” come from?

スピーキング (Japanese) comes from English speaking, from Middle English speking, from Norwegian Bokmål -ing, from Old Norse -ing, from Proto-Germanic -ingō — -ing.

スピーキング (Japanese): speaking

Definitions

  1. speaking

Ancestry of “スピーキング”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishspeakingUsed in speaking; Expressive; eloquent; Involving...
2Middle Englishspeking—
3Norwegian Bokmål-ingUsed to form verbal nouns from verbs; -ing; Used...
4Old Norse-ingForms gerund nouns from verbs
5Proto-Germanic-ingō-ing
Every word from Proto-Germanic -ingō →