Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hlankiz

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”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxlɑŋ.kiz/

Noun

*hlankiz m

ring; chainlink
bond; fetter

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *hlankiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hlankiz	*hlankīz
vocative	*hlanki	*hlankīz
accusative	*hlankį	*hlankinz
genitive	*hlankīz	*hlankijǫ̂
dative	*hlankī	*hlankimaz
instrumental	*hlankī	*hlankimiz

Related terms

*gahlankiją
- Old Saxon: gilenki
  - Middle Low German: gelenke
- Old High German: gilenki, gihlenki
  - Middle High German: gelenke
    - Alemannic German: Geleich
    - German: Gelenk
    - Hunsrik: Gelenk

Descendants

Old English: hlenċe f, hlenċa m
- Middle English: linke, lenke (merged with Old Norse *hlenkr, hlekkr)
  - English: link (see there for further descendants)
  - Scots: link
Old Saxon: *hlenki
- Middle Low German: lenke (likely borrowed)
  - German Low German: Lenk
Old High German: *lenka
- Middle High German: lenke
Old Norse: hlekkr, *hlenkr
- Icelandic: hlekkur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: lenkje f
- Elfdalian: lekk
- Old Swedish: lænker
  - Swedish: länk
    - → Finnish: lenkki
- Danish: lænke
  - Norwegian Bokmål: lenke

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hlankjan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 228-9: “*hlanki-”

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hlankjan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 228-9: “*hlanki-”

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