Where does “gamling” come from?

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

gamling (Swedish): an old person

Definitions

  1. an old person

Ancestry of “gamling”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedish-ingUsed to form verbal nouns from verbs; -ing. See...
2Old Swedish-ingForms gerund nouns from verbs
3Old Norse-ingForms gerund nouns from verbs
4Proto-Germanic-ingō-ing
Every word from Proto-Germanic -ingō →Every word from Swedish -ing →Every word from Old Norse -ing →