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Old English -ung, -ing, of Germanic origin.

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From Middle English ing, ynge, enge, from Old English ing, *eng(“a meadow; ing”), from Proto-Germanic *angijō(“meadow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énkos(“a bend; curve; bowl; hollow; dell; glen”), from *h₂énk-(“to bend; curve; bow”). Cognate with Scots eng(“ing; meadow”), Dutch eng(“pasture; farmland”), Danish eng(“meadow”), Swedish äng(“meadow; field”), Norwegian eng(“meadow”), Faroese ong(“grassland; meadow; pasture”), Icelandic eng(“a meadow”), Icelandic engi(“a meadow; meadowland”).

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