kælling

Danish

/kɛlenɡ/

noun

Definitions

(offensive) bitch spiteful woman
(archaic) an old woman

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse kerling (kelson).

Origin

Old Norse

kerling

Gloss

kelson

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

carlingue French
kjerring Norwegian Bokmål
kärring Swedish
påskkärring Swedish
kjerring Norwegian Nynorsk
cairling Irish
karl Old Norse
kerling Old Norse
kerling Icelandic
kelling Faroese
kärling Old Swedish
kelingg Elfdalian