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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxlɑŋ.kiz/

Noun

*hlankiz m

1. ring; chainlink
2. bond; fetter

Inflection

Declension 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
      • German Low German: Gelenk
  • Old High German: gilenki, gihlenki
    • Middle High German: gelenke
      • Alemannic German: Geleich
      • German: Gelenk
      • Hunsrik: Gelenk

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *hlanki
  • 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 from Danish)
      • German Low German: Lenk
  • Old Dutch: lenki (in placenames)
  • Old High German: *lenka
    • Middle High German: lenke f
• Old Norse: hlekkr, *hlenkr
  • Icelandic: hlekkur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lenkje f
  • Elfdalian: lekk
  • Old Swedish: lænker
    • Swedish: länk
      • → Finnish: lenkki
  • Danish: lænke
    • Norwegian Bokmål: lenke