lank

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*kleng-“to bend, turn, wind, twist”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*hlankaz“lank, thin”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*hlank
4. Old English · inherited fromhlanc
5. Middle English · inherited fromlank
6. English todaylank

From Middle English lank, from Old English hlanc, from Proto-West Germanic *hlank, from Proto-Germanic *hlankaz (“lank, thin”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleng- (“to bend, turn, wind, twist”); compare German lenken (“to turn”), Gelenk (“joint”), Old High German hlanca (“hip, side, flank”), and English link (of a chain).

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