Dictionary

Karling en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɑːlɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *karaz Proto-Germanic *karilaz Proto-West Germanic *karil Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-West Germanic *-ing Medieval Latin Karlingusbor. English Karling From Medieval Latin Karlingus, from a Frankish patronymic ultimately composed of Proto-West Germanic *karil + *-ing. By surface analysis, Karl + -ing. Cognate with Middle High German Kärling.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of Caroling (“a descendant of Charles Martel; a Carolingian”)
   alt of Caroling
   • [...] and when the Karlings, with their middle class cultivation, subdued the effete line of the Meerveh, they spoke Latin as freely as Frankish, and the names they bore had softened; [...] 1884, Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names, London, page 456:
   • After the election of Odo of Paris to the Western Kingdom, there followed about a hundred years of shifting to and fro between his new family and the old family of the Karlings. 1874, Edward A. Freeman, General Sketch of History, New York, page 130:
   • The undisputed reign of the Karlings in Gaul, in western France, ends with the deposition of Charles the Fat. 1859, The Edinburgh Review, volume 109, page 500:

Forms

Deriveds

Karlingian