Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A clump of lank hair.
verb
To become lank.
adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventorySlender or thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean. · Meagre, paltry, scant in quantity. · Straight and flat; thin and limp. (Often associated with being greasy.) · Languid; drooping, slack.
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).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionlankenm
- Inherited-form mentionhlancang
- Inherited-form mention*hlankgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*hlankazgem-pro · lank, thin
- Derivation mention*kleng-ine-pro · to bend, turn, wind, twist
- Cognate mentionlenkende · to turn
- Cognate mentionhlancagoh · hip, side, flank
- Cognate mentionlinken
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