Engerling

== German == === Alternative forms === Emmerling (dated or regional) === Etymology === From Middle High German engerlinc, from Old High German engiring (10th c.), diminutive of angar ‘large larva’ (compare modern dialectal Anger, Inger), from Proto-Germanic *angaraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂engʷʰ-(o)r- (“little snake; eel”) (compare Lithuanian ungurỹs (“eel”), Proto-Slavic *ǫgořь (“eel”); with a different suffix, ánkštara, inksti̇̀ras (“pimple; tapeworm”), Albanian thnegël (“ant”), Ancient Greek ἔγχελυς (énkhelus, “eel”)). Compare also Unke, ultimately from the same Indo-European root, despite the different vocalism in the velar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛŋəʁlɪŋ/, [ˈʔɛŋɐlɪŋ] === Noun === Engerling m (strong, genitive Engerlings, plural Engerlinge) a white, dirt-dwelling grub of beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea, for example the European cockchafers, the summer chafers, the garden chafer or the European rhinoceros beetle. (dated or dialectal) larva of the family Oestridae, including the botflies, warbleflies and gadflies. ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Made Larve ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: engerling === Further reading === “Engerling” in Duden online