English
lanklet
From lank + -let.
Formed from lank + -let
Proto-Germanic *hlankaz ‘lank, thin’
Proto-West Germanic *hlank
Old English hlanc ‘lanky or lean’
Middle English lank
English lank
The story
Influenced by manlet.
Today it means
noun A tall but scrawny man.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / lanklet