Where does “derelyng” come from?

derelyng (Middle English) comes from Old English dīerling, from Old English -ling, from Old English lang, from Proto-West Germanic lang, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.

derelyng (Middle English): darling

Definitions

  1. darling

Ancestry of “derelyng”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdīerlinga favourite; darling
2Old English-lingadverbial suffix denoting direction, state or...
3Old Englishlanglong; lasting; old, ancient; advanced
4Proto-West Germaniclanglong
5Proto-Germaniclangazlong
6Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong

Words derived from “derelyng”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic langaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic lang →