-ings
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-ings (or -ingas) is a suffix, used in the legendarium to denote such people. Often used for people belonged to a certain leader (or that were the descendants of a common fore-father) as Bard (Bardings), or to a certain land, as Dunland (Dunlendings).
Examples[edit | edit source]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
- 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)
