Etymograph

English

Findling

Findling comes from German Findling ‘foundling’, and goes back to Middle High German vundelinc.

  1. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350vundelinc‘foundling’
  2. Germanc. 1650–presentFindling‘foundling’
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350vundelinc‘foundling’
  2. Germanc. 1650–presentFindling‘foundling’
  3. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

name A surname from German.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Middle High German vundelinc / Findling