Where does “-ung” come from?

-ung (Middle High German) comes from Old High German -unga, from Proto-Germanic -ungō — -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs.".

Ancestry of “-ung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High German-unga-ing
2Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."

Words derived from “-ung”

Every word from Proto-Germanic -ungō →Every word from Old High German -unga →