Where does “finnmarking” come from?

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

finnmarking (Norwegian Nynorsk): a person from Finnmark, a county in northern...

Definitions

  1. a person from Finnmark, a county in northern...

Ancestry of “finnmarking”, 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 →