Hunting
Old English huntian, of Germanic origin. Sense 4 dates from the late 17th century, and is probably based on the idea of the bells pursuing one another; it gave rise to the sense ‘oscillate about a desired speed’ (late 19th century).
wiktionary
From Middle English hunting, from Old English huntung, equivalent to hunt + -ing.
From Middle English huntynge, alteration of earlier Middle English huntinde, huntende, huntand, present participle of hunten(“to hunt”), equivalent to hunt + -ing.
etymonline
hunting (n.)
modification of Old English huntung "a hunt, chase; what is hunted, game," verbal noun from hunt (v.). Bartlett (1848) notes it as the word commonly used by sportsmen in the Southern states of the U.S. where in the North they use gunning. Happy hunting-grounds "Native American afterlife paradise" is from "Last of the Mohicans" (1826); hunting-ground in a Native American context is from 1777.
