kitling

Senso (Inglese)

Any young animal, especially a kitten; kit.

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: kiteling

Affine islandese: kettlingur

Affine faroese: kettlingur

Affine norvegese: ketling

Affine svedese: källing

Affine danese: killing

In summary

From Middle English kiteling (“kitten, kit”), from Old Norse ketlingr (“kitten”), diminutive of kǫttr (“cat”), equivalent to cat + -ling.
Cognate with Icelandic kettlingur (“kitten”), Faroese kettlingur (“kitten”), Norwegian ketling (“kitten”), Swedish källing (“kitten”), Danish killing (“kitten”). Compare English catling, of similar formation. See also kitten.