Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hlināną
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”). Cognate with Latin clīnō (“slope, incline, bend”), Ancient Greek κλίνω (klínō, “bend, slant, lean”).
Verb edit
*hlināną[1]
- to lean
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *hlināną (weak class 3)
Alternative reconstructions edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Proto-West Germanic: *hlinēn
- Old Norse: *hlina
- Norwegian: lina (dialectal)