Karling

See also: Kärling

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂-der.

Proto-Germanic *karaz

Proto-Germanic *karilaz

Proto-West Germanic *karil

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːlɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)lɪŋ

Noun

Karling (plural Karlings)

1. Alternative form of Caroling (“a descendant of Charles Martel; a Carolingian”)
   • 1859, The Edinburgh Review, volume 109, page 500:

     The undisputed reign of the Karlings in Gaul, in western France, ends with the deposition of Charles the Fat.

   • 1874, Edward A. Freeman, General Sketch of History, New York, page 130:

     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.

   • 1884, Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names, London, page 456:

     [...] 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; [...]

Derived terms

• Karlingian