From Middle English tiȝing, teing, from Old English *tīgung, tīging, from Proto-Germanic *taugungō, from *taugijaną from Proto-Indo-European *dewk-. Equivalent to tie + -ing. Present participle from Old English tīgende, from tīgan, tīegan.
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