English
littling
Littling comes from Old English lȳtling ‘a little one, child’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *lūtilaz.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*lūtilazreconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*lūtil‘little’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150lȳtel‘small, little’
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150lȳtlingas litling‘a little one, child’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*litlingreconstructed
- Englishtodaylittling
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*lūtilazreconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*lūtil‘little’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150lȳtel‘small, little’
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150lȳtlingas litling‘a little one, child’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*litlingreconstructed
- Englishtodaylittling
Formed from little + -ling
Proto-Indo-European *lewd- ‘to bend’
…
Proto-West Germanic *lūtan ‘to bow down’
Proto-West Germanic *lūtil
Old English lȳtel ‘small’
Middle English litel
English little
Linked words
through Proto-Germanic *lūtilaz
Today it means
noun A little one; a child.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *lūtilaz / littling