Where does “hunting” come from?

hunting (Middle English) comes from Old English huntung, from Old English -ung, from Proto-Germanic -ungō — -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs.".

Ancestry of “hunting”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old English	huntung	hunting
2	Old English	-ung	forming nouns from verbs, denoting verbal action...
3	Proto-Germanic	-ungō	-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."

Words derived from “hunting”

Every word from Proto-Germanic -ungō →Every word from Old English -ung →Every word from Old English huntung →