"deep dell or secluded hollow, usually wooded," c. 1200, of unknown origin; a dialectal word until it entered literary use 17c. The Middle English Compendium compares Old English ding "dungeon," Old High German tunc "cellar," Old Norse dyngja "lady's bower."
ding-a-ling
dingbat
ding-dong
dinger
dinghy
dingle
dingleberry
dingo
dingus
dingy
dining