leng-

    leng-

    English meaning: to bend oneself; to sway

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘sich biegen, schaukeln, schwanken”

    Material: O.Ind. raṅgati ‘sich hin and her bewegen”; Alb. lëngor “pliable”; Lith. léngė, lénkė f. “Vertiefung”; ablaut. lingúoti ‘schweben, sich hin and her bewegen” (in addition lingė f. “ shaft, pole zum Aufhangen the cradle “, liñgė f. “Feldweihe”), langóti ds.; Ltv. lĩguôt ‘swing, sing”, Imper. lĩg(u)õ “Jubelruf by den Johannisfeiern”, l̨uodzît “waver, swing”; Bachname Langa f.; O.Pruss. Langodis Sumpfname; Slav. lęgъ “pliable” in slovz. lą̃go “pliable” (Adverb), lągãc “bend, crook”, ablaut. O.C.S. lǫgъ m. “δρυμός”, Ser.-Cr. lûg “Hain, Röhricht”, nsorb. lug “grasiger swamp, marsh”, therefrom Łužyca “Lausitz”, etc.; perhaps also Russ. ljagatь sja ‘swing, waver”.

    References: WP. II 436, Trautmann 157 f., Berneker 739. Perhaps variant to lenk- “bend”.