-ling
small, young; one connected with
Old English · -ling
Old English -ling makes nouns meaning "small or young one" or "one connected with". A duckling is a young duck, a seedling is a young plant, an underling is one under a boss.
Memory trick
LING sounds like "ring": a little ring for a little one.
Words from this root
- duckling (duck + ling) — a young duckबत्तख़ का बच्चा
- seedling (seed + ling) — a young plantपौधा, नन्हा पौधा
- darling (dear + ling) — a loved oneप्रिय
- fledgling (fledge + ling) — a young bird just flyingनया उड़ना सीखा पक्षी
- sibling (sib + ling) — a brother or sisterभाई-बहन
- nestling (nest + ling) — a bird too young to leave the nestघोंसले का बच्चा
- hireling (hire + ling) — one who works only for payपैसे के लिए काम करने वाला
- underling (under + ling) — a person of lower rankअधीनस्थ
- weakling (weak + ling) — a weak personकमज़ोर व्यक्ति
- youngling (young + ling) — a young personबच्चा, नौजवान
- changeling (change + ling) — a child secretly swappedबदला हुआ बच्चा