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Karling
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Kärling
English
Etymology
en descendant of Charles Martel :bor la-med:Karlingus 1
From en la-med Karlingus, from a en frk - patronymic ultimately composed of en gmw-pro *karil + gmw-pro *-ing. en Karl -ing<id:diminutive>.
Cognate with gmh Kärling.
Pronunciation
en /ˈkɑːlɪŋ/ RP
en ɑː(ɹ)lɪŋ 2
Noun
en Caroling a descendant of Charles Martel; a Carolingian
en 1859 The Edinburgh Review 109 500 https://books.google.com/books?id=t7tKAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA500 The undisputed reign of the Karlings in Gaul, in western France, ends with the deposition of Charles the Fat.
en 1874 Edward Augustus Freeman Edward A. Freeman General Sketch of History New York 130 https://books.google.com/books?id=X7c9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA130 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.
en 1884 Charlotte Mary Yonge Charlotte M. Yonge History of Christian Names London 456 https://books.google.com/books?id=GuoIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA456 [...] 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; [...]
Derived terms
en Karlingian
en eponyms