woning

woning · noun¹

1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*wunungu
2. Old English · inherited fromwunung“act of dwelling, living, dwelling, habitation, inner room of a dwelling”
3. Middle English · inherited fromwoning
4. English todaywoning

From Middle English woning, wuning, wunnunge, from Old English wunung (“act of dwelling, living, dwelling, habitation, inner room of a dwelling”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunungu, equivalent to wone + -ing. Cognate with Scots wonnyng, wonyng, wonyn (“habitation, dwelling, shelter”), Dutch woning (“dwelling, house”), German Wohnung (“dwelling, apartment”), Swedish våning (“floor, apartment, flat”).

woning · verb²

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.