Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-ing

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

    From Proto-Germanic *-ingaz.

    Suffix

    *-ing

    1. patronymic suffix

    Inflection

    Masculine a-stem
    Singular
    Nominative *-ing(a)
    Genitive *-ingas
    Singular Plural
    Nominative *-ing(a) *-ingōs
    Accusative *-ing(a) *-ingā
    Genitive *-ingas *-ingō
    Dative *-ingē *-ingum
    Instrumental *-ingu *-ingum

    Descendants

    • Old English: -ing

    References

    • Namn och bygd‎[1], 1996, page 44: “-ing3 is the true West Germanic patronymic ending, as in Scyld Scēfing ‘Scyld son of Scēaf’ in Bēowulf.”
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