"twinling" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: twinlings [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English twynlynge, equivalent to twin + -ling; possibly from an Old English root *twinling, from a Proto-Germanic *twinilingaz, from *twinaz. Cognate with Dutch tweeling, German Zwilling (“twin”), Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish tvilling (“twin”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|twynlynge}} Middle English twynlynge, {{suffix|en|twin|ling}} twin + -ling, {{inh|en|ang|-}} Old English, {{m|ang|*twinling}} *twinling, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*twinilingaz}} Proto-Germanic *twinilingaz, {{m|gem-pro|*twinaz}} *twinaz, {{cog|nl|tweeling}} Dutch tweeling, {{cog|de|Zwilling||twin}} German Zwilling (“twin”), {{cog|da|-}} Danish, {{cog|no|-}} Norwegian, {{cog|sv|-}} Swedish, {{m|da|tvilling||twin}} tvilling (“twin”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} twinling (plural twinlings)
  1. A twin.
    Sense id: en-twinling-en-noun-VZmSZED9
  2. A small or young twin, especially a twin lamb.
    Sense id: en-twinling-en-noun-bi8ingAq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ling Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ling: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: doublet

Inflected forms

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