Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/jungilingaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From *jungaz +‎ *-ilingaz.

Noun

*jungilingaz m

1. a young man, youngster

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *jungilingaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*jungilingaz	*jungilingōz, *jungilingōs
vocative	*jungiling	*jungilingōz, *jungilingōs
accusative	*jungilingą	*jungilinganz
genitive	*jungilingas, *jungilingis	*jungilingǫ̂
dative	*jungilingai	*jungilingamaz
instrumental	*jungilingō	*jungilingamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *jungiling, *jungaling
  • 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
        • Afrikaans: jongeling
  • Old High German: jungiling, jungaling, jungeling
    • Middle High German: jungelinc
      • German: Jüngling
• Old Norse: ynglingr, unglingr
  • Icelandic: unglingur, ynglingur
  • Faroese: unglingur, unglingi
  • Norwegian: yngling
  • Swedish: yngling
  • Danish: yngling