fatling

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English fat

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-West Germanic *-ling

Old English -ling

Middle English -ling

English -ling

English fatling

From fat + -ling.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfatlɪŋ/

Noun

fatling (plural fatlings)

1. A young animal (especially a calf or lamb) which has been fattened for slaughter.
   • 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew:

     Lo I have prepared my dynner, myne oxen and my fatlinges are kylled, and all thinges are redy, come unto the mariage.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 11:6:

     The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

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