Where does “fornying” come from?

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

fornying (Norwegian Nynorsk): renewal

Definitions

  1. renewal

Ancestry of “fornying”, 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

Words derived from “fornying”

Every word from Proto-Germanic -ingō →Every word from Norwegian Nynorsk -ing →Every word from Old Norse -ing →