Where does “cnæpling” come from?

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

cnæpling (Old English): youth, stripling; boy, lad

Definitions

  1. youth, stripling; boy, lad

Ancestry of “cnæpling”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old English-lingadverbial suffix denoting direction, state or...
2Old Englishlanglong; lasting; old, ancient; advanced
3Proto-West Germaniclanglong
4Proto-Germaniclangazlong
5Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic langaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic lang →