Surname · also Norwegian
Yngling
“youngster”
Yngling is a surname from Norwegian, ultimately from Old Norse.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yngling goes back to Swedish yngling, meaning “youngster.”
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Where it comes from
Yngling comes from Norwegian, and ultimately from Old Norse.
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How it developed
From Norwegian yngling, from Danish yngling, from Swedish yngling (“youngster”), from Old Norse ungr (“young”).
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Yngling’s family of names
In English usage, Yngling as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with YOUNGLING.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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