jongeling

Dutch

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey-

Proto-Indo-European *-u

Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō

Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuHn̥ḱós

Proto-Germanic *yunhós

Proto-Germanic *jungaz

Proto-Indo-European *-lósder.

Proto-Germanic *-ilaz

Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Germanic *-īnaz

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Germanic *-gaz

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Proto-Germanic *-ingaz

Proto-Germanic *-ilingaz

Proto-Germanic *jungilingaz

Proto-West Germanic *jungiling

Old Dutch iungelig

Middle Dutch jongelinc

Dutch jongeling

Diachronically from Middle Dutch jongelinc, from Old Dutch iungelig, from Proto-Germanic *jungilingaz. By surface analysis, jong +‎ -ling.

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: jon‧ge‧ling

Noun

jongeling m (plural jongelingen, diminutive jongelingetje n)

1. young man, lad