Reconstruction:Old High German/link

This Old High German 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.

Old High German

Etymology

Unknown. Attested only as the noun linka (“the left hand”). Kroonen derives the word (based on its descendants) from Proto-Germanic *hlinkaz, which he connects to *hlankaz (“flexible; slim”).^[1]

Adjective

*link

left

Descendants

Middle High German: linc
- German: link
→ Italian: sbilenco

References

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

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

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