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'''''-ings''''' (or ''-ingas'') is a suffix, used in the [[Legendarium]] to denote such people that were the descendants of a common fore-father. | {{expansion}} | ||
'''''-ings''''' (or ''-ingas'') is a suffix, used in the [[Legendarium]] to denote such people that belonged to a certain leader, or that were the descendants of a common fore-father. | |||
==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||
*[[Bardings]] | *[[Bardings]] | ||
*[[Beornings]] | *[[Beornings]] | ||
*[[Eorlingas]] | *[[Eorlingas]] | ||
*[[Helmingas]] | |||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
*[[Old English]] ''-ing'', ''-ung'' (derived from [[Wikipedia:Proto-Germanic language|Proto-Germanic]] *''unga''): Forming derivatives of masculine nouns with sense of "belonging to, son of".<ref>[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=-ing "-ing"] at [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php Online Etymology Dictionary] (accessed 6 January 2010)</ref><ref>[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ing "-ing"] at [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page Wiktionary] (accessed 6 January 2010)</ref> | |||
*[[Old English]] ''-ing'', ''-ung'' (derived from [[Wikipedia:Proto-Germanic language|Proto-Germanic]] *''unga''): Forming derivatives of masculine nouns with sense of "belonging to, son of".<ref>[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=-ing "-ing"] at [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php Online Etymology Dictionary] (accessed 6 January 2010)</ref><ref>[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ing "-ing"] at [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page Wiktionary](accessed 6 January 2010)</ref> | |||
{{DEFAULTSORT:ings}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:ings}} | ||
{{references}} | {{references}} | ||
[[Category:Suffixes]] | [[Category:Suffixes]] |
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-ings (or -ingas) is a suffix, used in the Legendarium to denote such people that belonged to a certain leader, or that were the descendants of a common fore-father.
Examples
Etymology
- Old English -ing, -ung (derived from Proto-Germanic *unga): Forming derivatives of masculine nouns with sense of "belonging to, son of".[1][2]
References
- ↑ "-ing" at Online Etymology Dictionary (accessed 6 January 2010)
- ↑ "-ing" at Wiktionary (accessed 6 January 2010)