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sweetling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sweet-ling
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small, sweet thing.

noun

Darling; sometimes used as a term of endearment.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂d- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus Proto-Germanic *swōtuz Proto-Indo-European *-yos Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *swōtī Old English swēte Middle English swete English sweet English -ling English sweetling From sweet + -ling.

Inflected Forms

sweetlings (plural)

Questions

What does sweetling mean?
A small, sweet thing.
Where does sweetling come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂d- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus Proto-Germanic *swōtuz Proto-Indo-European *-yos Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *swōtī Old English swēte Middle English swete English sweet English -ling English sweetling From sweet + -ling.

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