Where does “-ing” come from?

-ing (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse -ing, from Proto-Germanic -ingō — -ing.

-ing (Norwegian Bokmål): Used to form verbal nouns from verbs; -ing; Used...

Definitions

  1. Used to form verbal nouns from verbs; -ing; Used...

Ancestry of “-ing”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norse-ingForms gerund nouns from verbs
2Proto-Germanic-ingō-ing

Words derived from “-ing”

Every word from Proto-Germanic -ingō →Every word from Old Norse -ing →