-ling

Morpheme

-ling

Type

suffix

Denotation

diminutive suffix

Etymology

Middle English -ling; Old English -ling

Evidence

changeling, duckling, earthling, fingerling, foundling, gosling, hatchling, kitling, nestling, nursling, seedling, weakling, yearling

Homographs

Ling, Ling

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