Where does “-ing” come from?

-ing (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic -ingō — -ing.

-ing (Old Norse): Forms gerund nouns from verbs

Definitions

  1. Forms gerund nouns from verbs

Ancestry of “-ing”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic-ingō-ing

Words derived from “-ing”

Every word from Proto-Germanic -ingō →