twinling

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”).

twinling (plural twinlings)

1. A twin. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
2. A small or young twin, especially a twin lamb.

• doublet

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “twinling”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

• wintling