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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *hlankaz</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
      </titleStmt>
      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-01"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_hlankaz</idno>
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        <p>Single-entry extract from the dictionary. Cross-references to other entries point to their identifiers in the full dictionary.</p>
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      <list type="cognates">
        <item xml:id="cog_lat_clingo" xml:lang="lat" type="cognate">
          <orth>clingō</orth>
          <def>to gird</def>
        </item>
        <item xml:id="cog_txb_klenke" xml:lang="txb" type="cognate">
          <orth>kleṅke</orth>
          <def>vehicle</def>
        </item>
      </list>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_hlankaz" type="adj" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hlankaz">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>hlankaz</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈxlɑŋ.kɑz</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᚺᛚᚨᚾᚲᚨᛉ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>adj</pos>
            <gram type="stem">a-stem</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>flexible; bendsome</def>
          </sense>
          <sense n="2">
            <def>slim; slender; sleek</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kleng-, *klenk- (‘to bend; wind; twist’), though with no certain cognates outside Germanic. Possible extra-Germanic comparanda include Latin <mentioned xml:lang="lat" target="#cog_lat_clingo"><ref target="#cog_lat_clingo">clingō</ref></mentioned> (‘to gird’) (which is only marginally attested), Tocharian B <mentioned xml:lang="txb" target="#cog_txb_klenke"><ref target="#cog_txb_klenke">kleṅke</ref></mentioned> (‘vehicle’).</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #masc #strong">
              <orth>hlankaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #fem #strong">
              <orth>hlankō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #neut #strong">
              <orth>hlanką, -atō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #masc #strong">
              <orth>hlankai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #fem #strong">
              <orth>hlankôz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #neut #strong">
              <orth>hlankō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #masc #strong">
              <orth>hlankanǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #fem #strong">
              <orth>hlankǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #neut #strong">
              <orth>hlanką, -atō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #masc #strong">
              <orth>hlankanz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #fem #strong">
              <orth>hlankōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #neut #strong">
              <orth>hlankō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #masc #strong">
              <orth>hlankas, -is</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #fem #strong">
              <orth>hlankaizōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #neut #strong">
              <orth>hlankas, -is</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #masc #strong">
              <orth>hlankaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #fem #strong">
              <orth>hlankaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #neut #strong">
              <orth>hlankaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #masc #strong">
              <orth>hlankammai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #fem #strong">
              <orth>hlankaizōi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #neut #strong">
              <orth>hlankammai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #masc #strong">
              <orth>hlankaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #fem #strong">
              <orth>hlankaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #neut #strong">
              <orth>hlankaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #masc #strong">
              <orth>hlankanō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #fem #strong">
              <orth>hlankaizō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #neut #strong">
              <orth>hlankanō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #masc #strong">
              <orth>hlankaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #fem #strong">
              <orth>hlankaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #neut #strong">
              <orth>hlankaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #masc #weak">
              <orth>hlankô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #fem #weak">
              <orth>hlankǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #neut #weak">
              <orth>hlankô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #masc #weak">
              <orth>hlankaniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #fem #weak">
              <orth>hlankōniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #neut #weak">
              <orth>hlankōnō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #masc #weak">
              <orth>hlankanų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #fem #weak">
              <orth>hlankōnų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #neut #weak">
              <orth>hlankô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #masc #weak">
              <orth>hlankanunz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #fem #weak">
              <orth>hlankōnunz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #neut #weak">
              <orth>hlankōnō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #masc #weak">
              <orth>hlankiniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #fem #weak">
              <orth>hlankōniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #neut #weak">
              <orth>hlankiniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #masc #weak">
              <orth>hlankanǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #fem #weak">
              <orth>hlankōnǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #neut #weak">
              <orth>hlankanǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #masc #weak">
              <orth>hlankini</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #fem #weak">
              <orth>hlankōni</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #neut #weak">
              <orth>hlankini</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #masc #weak">
              <orth>hlankammaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #fem #weak">
              <orth>hlankōmaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #neut #weak">
              <orth>hlankammaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #masc #weak">
              <orth>hlankinē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #fem #weak">
              <orth>hlankōnē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #neut #weak">
              <orth>hlankinē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #masc #weak">
              <orth>hlankammiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #fem #weak">
              <orth>hlankōmiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #neut #weak">
              <orth>hlankammiz</orth>
            </form>
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              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old English</lang>
                  <orth>hlanc</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Middle English</lang>
                    <orth>lank</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Scots</lang>
                      <orth>lank</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old English</lang>
                  <orth>hlanc</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Middle English</lang>
                    <orth>lank</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>English</lang>
                      <orth>lank</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>English</lang>
                        <orth>lanky</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
            </list>
          </re>
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