Where does “fosterling” come from?

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

Ancestry of “fosterling”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfōstorlingfoster child
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 “fosterling”

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