Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hlankaz
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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
Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kleng-, *klenk- (“to bend; wind; twist”), though with no certain cognates outside Germanic. Possible extra-Germanic comparanda include Latin clingō (“to gird”) (which is only marginally attested), Tocharian B kleṅke (“vehicle”).[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
*hlankaz
Inflection
Declension of *hlankaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *hlankaz | *hlankai | *hlankō | *hlankôz | *hlanką, -atō | *hlankō |
| Accusative | *hlankanǭ | *hlankanz | *hlankǭ | *hlankōz | *hlanką, -atō | *hlankō |
| Genitive | *hlankas, -is | *hlankaizǫ̂ | *hlankaizōz | *hlankaizǫ̂ | *hlankas, -is | *hlankaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *hlankammai | *hlankaimaz | *hlankaizōi | *hlankaimaz | *hlankammai | *hlankaimaz |
| Instrumental | *hlankanō | *hlankaimiz | *hlankaizō | *hlankaimiz | *hlankanō | *hlankaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *hlankô | *hlankaniz | *hlankǭ | *hlankōniz | *hlankô | *hlankōnō |
| Accusative | *hlankanų | *hlankanunz | *hlankōnų | *hlankōnunz | *hlankô | *hlankōnō |
| Genitive | *hlankiniz | *hlankanǫ̂ | *hlankōniz | *hlankōnǫ̂ | *hlankiniz | *hlankanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *hlankini | *hlankammaz | *hlankōni | *hlankōmaz | *hlankini | *hlankammaz |
| Instrumental | *hlankinē | *hlankammiz | *hlankōnē | *hlankōmiz | *hlankinē | *hlankammiz |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 228-9