Where does “amming” come from?

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

amming (Norwegian Bokmål): breastfeeding

Definitions

  1. breastfeeding

Ancestry of “amming”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmål-ingUsed to form verbal nouns from verbs; -ing; Used...
2Old Norse-ingForms gerund nouns from verbs
3Proto-Germanic-ingō-ing
Every word from Proto-Germanic -ingō →Every word from Norwegian Bokmål -ing →Every word from Old Norse -ing →