Where does “speking” come from?
speking (Middle English) comes from Norwegian Bokmål -ing, from Old Norse -ing, from Proto-Germanic -ingō — -ing.
Ancestry of “speking”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | -ing | Used to form verbal nouns from verbs; -ing; Used... |
| 2 | Old Norse | -ing | Forms gerund nouns from verbs |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -ingō | -ing |