ging

Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪŋ/

The English word “ging” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

A company; troop; a gang.
A ‘shanghai’, or handheld catapult.
A redhead, a ginger-haired person

Etymology

From Middle English gyng, gynge, genge, from Old English genge (“a troop, privy, company, retinue”), from Old Norse gengi, from Proto-Germanic *gangiją (“pace, walk”). Cognate with Middle Low German gink (“a going, turn, way”), Old Norse gengi (“accompaniment, entourage, help”), Icelandic gengi (“rate”). Related to Old English gengan (“to go”), from Proto-Germanic *gangijaną (“to go”). More at…

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