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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hlankijaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *hlankaz (flexible, slim) + *-janą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxlɑŋ.ki.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*hlankijaną[1][2]

  1. to twist, bend, flex

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *hlankijan
    • Old English: *hlenċan
      • Old English: ġehlenċan
    • Old Saxon: *hlenken
    • Old High German: *lenken
      • Middle High German: lenken
      • Old High German: irlenken
        • Middle High German: erlenken
      • Old High German: ūzlenken
  • Old Norse: hlekkja

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xlankjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 175
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hlankjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 228
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