English
starveling
From starve + -ling.
A compound of starve + -ling
Proto-Indo-European *ster- ‘stiff’
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Proto-Germanic *sterbaną ‘to become stiff, die’
Proto-West Germanic *sterban ‘to die’
Old English steorfan ‘to die, perish’
Middle English sterven ‘to die, perish’
English starve
Today it means
noun One who is thin from lack of food.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / starveling