Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/jungiling

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Alternative reconstructions

*jungaling (rebuilt form)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *jungilingaz. Equivalent to *jung (“young”) +‎ *-ling.

Noun

*jungiling m

a young man, youngster

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*jungiling
Genitive	*jungilingas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*jungiling	jungilingō, jungilingōs
Accusative	*jungiling	*jungilingā
Genitive	*jungilingas	*jungilingō
Dative	*jungilingē	*jungilingum
Instrumental	*jungilingu	*jungilingum

Descendants

Old English: ġeongling, iungling
- Middle English: ȝongling, ȝongeling, ȝungling
  - English: youngling
  - Scots: younklin
Old Frisian: iungeling, jungeling
Old Saxon: jungling
- Middle Low German: jüngelink
Old Dutch: *jungeling, iungelig
- Middle Dutch: jongelinc, jonghelinc
  - Dutch: jongeling
Old High German: jungiling, jungaling, jungeling
- Middle High German: jungelinc
  - German: Jüngling

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