Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas. · One element of a chain or other connected series. · Abbreviation of hyperlink. · The connection between buses or systems.
From Middle English linke, lenke, from a merger of Old English hlenċe, hlenċa (“ring; chainlink”) and Old Norse *hlenkr, hlekkr (“ring; chain”); both from Proto-Germanic *hlankiz (“ring; bond; fettle; fetter”), from Proto-Germanic *hlankaz (“bendsome, flexible”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleng-, *klenk- (“to bend; twist; wind”). Used in English since the 14th century. Related to lank. Cognates Cognate with Low German Lenk (“link”), Danish lænke (“chain; link”), Elfdalian lekk (“link”), Icelandic hlekkur (“link”), Norwegian Bokmål lenke (“chain; link”), Norwegian Nynorsk lenke, lenkje (“chain; link”), Swedish länk (“chain; link”).
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- Inherited-form mentionlinkeenm
- Inherited-form mentionhlenċeang
- Derivation mention*hlenkrnon
- Inherited-form mention*hlankizgem-pro
- Inherited-form mention*hlankazgem-pro · bendsome, flexible
- Inherited-form mention*kleng-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionLenknds · link
- Cognate mentionlænkeda · chain; link
- Cognate mentionlekkovd · link
- Cognate mentionhlekkuris · link
- Cognate mentionlenkenb · chain; link
- Cognate mentionlenkenn
- Cognate mentionlänksv · chain; link
This page abbreviates 14 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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"lang": "Azerbaijani",
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"word": "link"
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"lang": "Catalan",
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{
"lang": "Estonian",
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"word": "link"
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{
"lang": "Finnish",
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"lang": "Georgian",
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"word": "ლინკი",
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"word": "Link"
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"lang": "Hebrew",
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"word": "לינק",
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"word": "link"
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{
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"word": "link"
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{
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"word": "リンク",
"roman": "rinku"
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{
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"word": "링크",
"roman": "ringkeu"
},
{
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"lang_code": "dsb",
"word": "link"
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"lang": "Macedonian",
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"word": "линк",
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{
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"word": "لینک",
"roman": "link"
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{
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"word": "link"
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"lang": "Portuguese",
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"word": "link"
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"lang": "Romanian",
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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"word": "линк"
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"lang_code": "sh",
"word": "link"
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"word": "link"
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"word": "link"
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"word": "линк",
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"lang": "Thai",
"lang_code": "th",
"word": "ลิงก์",
"roman": "líng"
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"One element of a chain or other connected series.",
"Abbreviation of hyperlink.",
"The connection between buses or systems."
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