-ling

Significado (Inglés)

1. (morpheme) small, immature, miniature
2. (morpheme) follower or resident

Sinónimos

ling

-let

Traducións

-ette

-ling

-ling

-chen

-in

-ine

-et

-etto

-ino

-ello

-ina

-ella

-etta

-je

-pje

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: -ling

Herdado de Old English: -ling

Relativo a alemán: -ling

Relativo a islandés: -lingur

Relativo a Gothic: -𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍃

In summary

From Middle English -ling, from Old English -ling, from Proto-West Germanic *-ling, from Proto-Germanic *-lingaz, a nominal suffix, probably composed of Proto-Germanic *-ilaz (agent/instrumental/diminutive suffix) + Proto-Germanic *-ingaz (patronymic suffix).
Akin to Dutch -ling, German -ling, Icelandic -lingur, Gothic -𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍃 (-liggs). More at -le, -ing.