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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hlankiz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *hlankaz.
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
Descendants
- Old English: hlenca; hlenċe
- Middle English: lenke, linke (through confluence with Old Norse)
- Scots: lenk, link
- English: link
- Dutch: link
- Middle English: lenke, linke (through confluence with Old Norse)
- Old Saxon: (*hlenki; gilenki)
- Middle Low German: (lenke; gelenke)
- German Low German: (Lenk)
- Middle Low German: (lenke; gelenke)
- Old High German: (*lenka; *gilenki)
- Middle High German: (lenke; gelenke)
- German: (Gelenk)
- Middle High German: (lenke; gelenke)
- Old Norse: *hlenkr, hlekkr
- Icelandic: hlekkur
- Norwegian: lenke
- Elfdalian: lekk
- Old Swedish: lænker
- Swedish: länk
- Danish: lænke