Where does “lytling” come from?

lytling (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.

lytling (Old English): young child, little kid; little one

Definitions

  1. young child, little kid; little one

Ancestry of “lytling”, 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 →