Proto-Germanic

*hlankaz

‘flexible, sleek, bendsome’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *hlankaz.

2 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *hlankaz, most familiar first.

• flank ← flanc ← flanc ← flanc ← *hlanca
• lank ← hlanc ← *hlank

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *hlankaz