Old Norse kerling

← Old Norse karl (suffix)

← Old Norse -ing (suffix)

→ Danish kælling (derived)

→ Faroese kelling (derived)

→ French carlingue (borrowed)

→ Irish cairling (borrowed)

→ Icelandic kerling (derived)

→ Norwegian Bokmål kjerring (derived)

→ Norwegian Bokmål trollkjerring (mention)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk kjerring (derived)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk trollkjerring (mention)

→ Elfdalian kelingg (derived)

→ Swedish kärring (inherited)

→ Swedish käring (derived)