kleng- and klenk-

    kleng- and klenk-

    English meaning: to bend, wind

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “biegen, winden, zusammendrehen”

    Material: 1. Lat. clingō, -ere “cingō or clūdō” (Paul. ex Festo 49 L., Glossen); O.Ice. hlykkr “ curvature “, hlekkr “ring” (*hlanki-, =) O.E. hlence “limb, member or ring in a chain “; O.H.G. (h)lanca “hip, haunch” (“incurvation “ or “place, where man sich abbiegt”), M.H.G. lanke “hip, haunch, Seite, Lende, Weiche”, M.H.G. gelenke “bend”, Ger. gelenk Subst., gelenk “pliable”, M.H.G. lenken “bend”, Ger. lenken “leiten”, O.E. hlanc “ slim, thin” (lit. “pliable”), gehlencan “flax, wattle, braid”, also O.E. hlinc ‘slope, hill”; Toch. В kleŋke “Befestigung”; 2. with auslaut. Tenuis: Bal.-Slav. *klenki̯ō “humpele” in: Lith. klénkti “quick, fast go”, Ltv. klencêt “humpeln”, O.C.S. klęčǫ, klęčati, Clr. kljačú , kljačá ty, Ser.-Cr. klȅknem, klȅći “knien”, Sloven. klę́cati “hinken”, etc.

    References: WP. I 498 f., WH. I 233 f., Trautmann 136.

    See also: compare die rhyme roots lenk- “bend”, sleng-, slenk- “winden, turn”, skreng(h)-, skrenk- ds.