Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hlināną
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”). Cognate with Latin clīnō (“slope, incline, bend”), Ancient Greek κλίνω (klínō, “bend, slant, lean”).
Verb
[edit]*hlināną[1]
- to lean
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of *hlināną (weak class 3)
Alternative reconstructions
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *hlinēn
- Old Norse: *hlina
- Norwegian: lina (dialectal)