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Where does “-ing” come from?

-ing (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic -ingaz — Forms derivatives of nouns with sense of...

Ancestry of “-ing”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic-ingazForms derivatives of nouns with sense of...

Words derived from “-ing”

  • Lothringia
  • Lothringian
  • Lothringen
  • Lothringen
  • Lutringen
Every word from Proto-Germanic -ingaz →