käring

Swedish

noun

Definitions

old woman, hag

Etymology

Derived from Old Swedish kärling 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
kjerring Norwegian Nynorsk
cairling Irish
karl Old Norse
kerling Old Norse
kælling Danish
kerling Icelandic
kelling Faroese
kärling Old Swedish
kelingg Elfdalian