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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
-ing \-ing\
1. [For OE. -and, -end, -ind, AS. -ende; akin to Goth. -and-, L. -ant-, -ent-, Gr. ?.] A suffix used to from present participles; as, singing, playing.
2. [OE. -ing, AS. -ing, -ung.] A suffix used to form nouns from verbs, and signifying the act of; the result of the act; as, riding, dying, feeling. It has also a secondary collective force; as, shipping, clothing.
Note: The Old English ending of the present participle and verbal noun became confused, both becoming -ing.
3. [AS. -ing.] A suffix formerly used to form diminutives; as, lording, farthing.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ing \Ing\ ([i^]ng), noun [AS. ing.] A pasture or meadow; generally one lying low, near a river. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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