Chapter 86: Lesson 19. Changeling - 1
In Changeling, 'change' means exactly what everyone knows - 'to transform' or 'to switch'.
As for 'ling', when attached to nouns or adjectives, it generally indicates 'something younger or smaller than ~'.
It's analogous to how in Korean, the suffix '-aji' is added to nouns like 'cow' and 'dog' to form words like 'songaji' (calf) and 'gangaji' (puppy) to indicate baby animals.
Therefore― the word changeling means 'a switched child'.
It's a well-known term in Europe, and while there are several theories...
The most prevalent theory is that it originated from parents who would complain nonsensically that 'fairies must have switched our beautiful baby with an ugly one' when their child was born unattractive, sickly, or looked suspiciously unlike the parents.
And apparently, this wasn't so different in other cultures, or even in other dimensions.
"It's really too much, how dare they insult both the innocent children and our fairy folk at the same time."
Saturday morning.