Etymology

arseling

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Middle English *arsling ← Old English earsling
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arseling · adverb1

  1. Old English · inherited fromearsling“backwards, on the back”
  2. Middle English · inherited from*arsling
  3. English todayarseling

From Middle English *arsling, from Old English earsling (“backwards, on the back”). Cognate with Dutch aarzeling, aarzelings, German ärschling, ärschlings. By surface analysis, arse + -ling.

arseling · noun2

From arse + -ling.

Words from the same roots

Middle English*arsling all →

arselong

Old Englishearsling all →

arselong

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