Where does “forbedring” come from?

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

forbedring (Norwegian Bokmål): an improvement

Definitions

  1. an improvement

Ancestry of “forbedring”, 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 →