Engerling

See also: engerling

German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German engerlinc, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German engiring (10th c.), diminutive of angar ‘large larva’ (compare modern dialectal Anger, Inger), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *angaraz, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *h₂engʷʰ-ir- (compare Lithuanian ungurỹs ‘eel’, ánkštara, inkstìras ‘pimple; tapeworm’, Albanian thnegël ‘ant’).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛŋəʁlɪŋ/, [ˈʔɛŋɐlɪŋ]

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Noun

Engerling m (genitive Engerlings, plural Engerlinge)

1. white, dirt-dwelling maggot of the cockchafer or botfly

Related terms

• Unke
• Egel

Descendants

• → Dutch: engerling

Further reading

• “Engerling” in Duden online