Etymology

edling

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Today it means: An heir apparent of a reigning Welsh monarch in the medieval period. Full definition →

Welsh edling ← Middle Welsh edling ← Old English eþeling
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  1. Middle English · derived from*edelyng
  2. Old English · derived fromeþeling
  3. Middle Welsh · derived fromedling
  4. Welsh · borrowed fromedling
  5. English todayedling

Borrowed from Welsh edling, from Middle Welsh edling, edlyg, from Old English eþeling, Mercian form of æþeling, possibly through an intermediate Middle English *edelyng. Doublet of atheling. The modern pronunciation with /d/ is either a spelling pronunciation (in Middle Welsh, represented /ð/) or represents the development of earlier /ðl/ into /dl/ in Middle English.

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