nursling

See also: Nursling

English

Alternative forms

• nurseling

Etymology

Etymology tree

English nurse

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 -lyng

English -ling

English nursling

From nurse + -ling.

Noun

nursling (plural nurslings)

1. A young child or animal being nursed.

Translations

young child or animal being nursed

• Armenian:

  Old Armenian: սան (san)

• Bulgarian: кърмаче (bg) n (kărmače)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: θρέμμα n (thrémma), τρόφιμος m or f (tróphimos)

• Irish:

  Old Irish: daltae m

• Māori: piripoho