Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-ungō

Etymology
, but possibly from an earlier *-ōngō, equivalent to. No certain cognates outside of Germanic and not found in Gothic, which has instead similar verbal nouns without -g-. Perhaps cognate with Latin suffixes  or from  as in, , and possibly.

Suffix

 * 1) -ing, -ion. Forms gerund nouns from verbs.

Usage notes

 * *-ungō was originally used with weak class 2 verbs (verbs ending in ) and *-ingō was used with weak class 1 verbs (verbs ending in ) which eventually extended to all other verbs, possibly absorbing other verbal suffixes in the process (e.g. *-āngō, *-angō, *-engō, etc.). Over time, the distinction between *-ungō and *-ingō in the daughter languages became blurred and the suffixes were eventually merged in modern times.

Descendants

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