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Yuengling
Yuengling comes from German Jüngling ‘youth, youngling, stripling, sapling’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuHn̥ḱós.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂yuHn̥ḱós‘young’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*jungaz‘young’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*jungilingaz‘a young man, youngster’reconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050jungiling
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350jungelinc
- Germanc. 1650–presentJüngling‘youth, youngling, stripling, sapling’
- EnglishtodayYuengling
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂yuHn̥ḱós‘young’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*jungaz‘young’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*jungilingaz‘a young man, youngster’reconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050jungiling
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350jungelinc
- Germanc. 1650–presentJüngling‘youth, youngling, stripling, sapling’
- EnglishtodayYuengling
The story
Americanized form of German Jüngling.
Linked words
through Proto-Germanic *jungaz ‘young’
Today it means
name A surname from German.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuHn̥ḱós / Yuengling