pigling

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-West Germanic *puggōder.

Old English *picga

Middle English pigge

English pig

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 pigling

From pig + -ling.

Noun

pigling (plural piglings)

2. (dated) Synonym of piglet (“a young swine, one not yet mature”).

Translations

piglet — see piglet