English
fairling
From fair + -ling?
Formed from fair + -ling
Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- ‘to attach’
Proto-Germanic *fagraz ‘appropriate’
Proto-West Germanic *fagr ‘beautiful’
Old English fæġer ‘beautiful’
Middle English fayr ‘beautiful’
English fair
Today it means
noun A fairing; a present brought from a fair.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fairling