Etymology

youngling

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Today it means: Young; youthful. Full definition →

Middle English youngling ← Old English ġeongling ← Proto-West Germanic *jungiling
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*jungalingaz
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*jungiling
  3. Old English · inherited fromġeongling“a youth, youngling”
  4. Middle English · inherited fromyoungling
  5. English todayyoungling

From Middle English youngling, ȝongelyng, ȝungling, from Old English ġeongling (“a youth, youngling”), from Proto-West Germanic *jungiling, from Proto-Germanic *jungalingaz, *jungilingaz (“young man, youngling”). Doublet of Yngling. By surface analysis, young + -ling.

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