warling

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wers-der.

Proto-Germanic *werzaną

Proto-West Germanic *werʀan

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Germanic *-ō

Proto-West Germanic *-u

Frankish *werʀubor.

Early Medieval Latin werra

Old Northern French guerreder.

Old English werre

Middle English werre

English war

Proto-Indo-European *-lósder.

Proto-Germanic *-ilaz

Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Germanic *-īnaz

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Germanic *-gaz

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Proto-Germanic *-ingaz

Proto-Germanic *-ilingaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ling

Old English -ling

Middle English -lyng

English -ling

English warling

From war + -ling.

Noun

warling (plural warlings)

1. (obsolete) One often quarreled with.
   • 1546, John Heywood, chapter VII, in Julian Sharman, editor, The Proverbs of John Heywood. […], London: George Bell and Sons, […], published 1874, →OCLC, part II, page 138:

     [I]t is better to be / An old mans derling than a yong mans werling.

     The spelling has been modernized.

References

• “warling”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.