Where does “etterlikning” come from?

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

etterlikning (Norwegian Nynorsk): imitation, copy

Definitions

  1. imitation, copy

Ancestry of “etterlikning”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorsk-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 Nynorsk -ing →Every word from Old Norse -ing →