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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *xlankia-z, *xlunkia-z, *xlanka-, *xlankiōn
Meaning: crooking; hip, waist
Old Norse: hlekk-r `Kette, Ring', hlükk-r `Krümmung'
Norwegian: lekk `Ring einer Kette', lekkja `Fesel'
Old Swedish: länk
Danish: länke
Old English: hlence `lied oder Ring in einer Kette'; hlanc `schlank, dünn''
Old High German: (h)lanca `Hüfte, Lende' (um 800); ir-(h)lenken `verrenken' (12.Jh.), ūʒ-(h)lenken `aufschnallen' (um 900)
Middle High German: lanke st./wk. 'hüfte, lende, weiche'; lɛnke 'biegsam'; lɛnken, md. lɛngen wk. 'biegen, wenden, richten'
German: lenken; Gelenk
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Proto-IE: *klemǝk(')-, -g(')-
Meaning: to bend, to stumble
Latin: clingō, -ere `cingo (Paul. Fest. 56), cludo' (Gl.)
Russ. meaning: сгибать(ся), спотыкаться
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Vasmer's dictionary :
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Word: клякать
Near etymology: "становиться на колени", приклякивать -- то же (Аввакум 349), укр. кля́кнути, кля́кну, блр. кля́кнуць "присесть на корточки", ст.-слав. клѩчѫ, клѩчати (Супр.), болг. кле́кна, сербохорв. кле̏кне̑м, кле̏ħи, кле̏цати. словен. klékati "идти пошатываясь", klékniti -- то же, чеш. klekati, klečeti, слвц. kl᾽аčаt᾽, польск. klękać, klęczeć, в.-луж. klekać, klaknyć, klečeć, н.-луж. klěknuś, полаб. klące "хромает".
Further etymology: Ср. лит. atklénkiu, atklénkti "доплестись (с трудом)", klénkti "с трудом идти", лтш. klencêt "идти прихрамывая, ковылять"; см. Буга, РФВ 70, 254; Траутман, ВSW 136. Ср. также кля́ча, кляч.
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Baltic etymology :
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Proto-Baltic: *klem̂k-, *klem̂k-ē̂- (1) vb., *klem̂č- (1) vb.
Meaning: to walk with difficulty
Lithuanian: klénkti 'schnell gehen'; klemšiṓti 'ungeschickt, plump gehen'
Lettish: kleñcêt (-ẽju) 'ubgeschickt gehen, humpeln; trödeln, zotteln, müssig die Zeit verbringen'; klèmst2 (-šu, -su) 'müde, ungewandt gehen'
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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Number: 975
Root: kleng- und klenk-
English meaning: to bend, wind
German meaning: `biegen, winden, zusammendrehen'
Material: 1. Lat. clingō, -ere `cingō oder clūdō' (Paul. ex Festo 49 L., Glossen); aisl. hlykkr `Krümmung', hlekkr `Ring' (*hlanki-, =) ags. hlence `Glied oder Ring in einer Kette'; ahd. (h)lanca `Hüfte' (`Einbiegung' oder `Stelle, wo man sich abbiegt'), mhd. lanke `Hüfte, Seite, Lende, Weiche', mhd. gelenke `Biegung', nhd. gelenk Subst., gelenk `biegsam', mhd. lenken `biegen', nhd. lenken `leiten', ags. hlanc `schlank, dünn' (eigentl. `biegsam'), gehlencan `flechten', auch ags. hlinc `Abhang, Hügel'; toch. В kleŋke `Befestigung';
2. mit auslaut. Tenuis:
bsl. *klenki̯ō `humpele' in: lit. klénkti `schnell gehen', lett. klencêt `humpeln', aksl. klęčǫ, klęčati, klr. kljačú, kljačáty, skr. klȅknem, klȅći `knien', sloven. klę́cati `hinken', usw.
References: WP. I 498 f., WH. I 233 f., Trautmann 136.
See also: Vgl. die Reimwurzeln lenk- `biegen', sleng-, slenk- `winden, drehen', skreng(h)-, skrenk- ds.
Pages: 603
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