Where does “-ing” come from?

-ing (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *-ing, from Proto-Germanic -ingaz — Forms derivatives of nouns with sense of...

-ing (Old Dutch): belonging to, descending from

Definitions

  1. belonging to, descending from

Ancestry of “-ing”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*-ingpatronymic suffix
2Proto-Germanic-ingazForms derivatives of nouns with sense of...

Words derived from “-ing”

Every word from Proto-Germanic -ingaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *-ing →