Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hlankijaną

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”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxlɑŋ.ki.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*hlankijaną

1. to twist, bend, flex

Inflection

Conjugation of *hlankijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hlankijō	*hlankijaų	—	*hlankijai	?
2nd singular	*hlankīsi	*hlankijais	*hlankī	*hlankijasai	*hlankijaisau
3rd singular	*hlankīþi	*hlankijai	*hlankijaþau	*hlankijaþai	*hlankijaiþau
1st dual	*hlankijōs	*hlankijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*hlankijaþiz	*hlankijaiþiz	*hlankijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*hlankijamaz	*hlankijaim	—	*hlankijanþai	*hlankijainþau
2nd plural	*hlankīþ	*hlankijaiþ	*hlankīþ	*hlankijanþai	*hlankijainþau
3rd plural	*hlankijanþi	*hlankijain	*hlankijanþau	*hlankijanþai	*hlankijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hlankidǭ	*hlankidēdį̄
2nd singular	*hlankidēz	*hlankidēdīz
3rd singular	*hlankidē	*hlankidēdī
1st dual	*hlankidēdū	*hlankidēdīw
2nd dual	*hlankidēdudiz	*hlankidēdīdiz
1st plural	*hlankidēdum	*hlankidēdīm
2nd plural	*hlankidēdud	*hlankidēdīd
3rd plural	*hlankidēdun	*hlankidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*hlankijandz	*hlankidaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *hlankijan
  • Old English: *hlenċan
    • ⇒ Old English: ġehlenċan
  • Old Saxon: *hlenken
    • Middle Low German: lenken
  • Old High German: *lenken
    • Middle High German: lenken
    • ⇒ Old High German: irlenken
      • Middle High German: erlenken
    • ⇒ Old High German: ūzlenken
• Old Norse: hlekkja
  • Icelandic: hlekkja
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lenke