Where does “skotsking” come from?

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

skotsking (Norwegian Bokmål): dancing a skotsk; especially the characteristic step of the dance, also used as an element in various traditional Scandinavian dances

Definitions

  1. dancing a skotsk; especially the characteristic step of the dance, also used as an element in various traditional Scandinavian dances

Ancestry of “skotsking”, 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 →