karling
/ˈkɑːlɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of Caroling (“a descendant of Charles Martel; a Carolingian”)
Example Sentences
- "The undisputed reign of the Karlings in Gaul, in western France, ends with the deposition of Charles the Fat."
- "After the election of Odo of Paris to the Western Kingdom, there followed about a hundred years of shifting to and fro between his new family and the old family of the Karlings."
- "[...] and when the Karlings, with their middle class cultivation, subdued the effete line of the Meerveh, they spoke Latin as freely as Frankish, and the names they bore had softened; [...]"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *karaz Proto-Germanic *karilaz Proto-West Germanic *karil Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-West Germanic *-ing Medieval Latin Karlingusbor. English Karling From Medieval Latin Karlingus, from a Frankish patronymic ultimately composed of Proto-West Germanic *karil + *-ing. By surface analysis, Karl + -ing. Cognate with Middle High German Kärling.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Karlingus, -, *karil
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈkɑːlɪŋ/