English
Yngling
Yngling comes from Norwegian yngling, from Old Norse ungr ‘young’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuHn̥ḱós.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂yuHn̥ḱós‘young’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*jungaz‘young’reconstructed
- Old Norsec. 800–1350ungr‘young’
- Norwegianmodernyngling
- Englishearliest quotation 1994Yngling
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂yuHn̥ḱós‘young’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*jungaz‘young’reconstructed
- Old Norsec. 800–1350ungr‘young’
- Norwegianmodernyngling
- Englishearliest quotation 1994Yngling
Earliest quotation: 1994, Richard Sherwood, A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America: “The Yngling is highly stable, with a beam-to-waterline ratio…”
Linked words
through Proto-Germanic *jungaz ‘young’
Today it means
noun A type of two-man keelboat from Norway.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuHn̥ḱós / Yngling