The story
- Proto-Germanic · inherited from*aþulingaz
- Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*aþuling
- Old English · inherited fromæþeling
- Middle English · inherited fromatheling
- English todayatheling
From Middle English atheling, from Old English æþeling, from Proto-West Germanic *aþuling, from Proto-Germanic *aþulingaz. Doublet of edling. By surface analysis, athel + -ing.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishæþeling all →
EltonAyling
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.