English lank

← Old English hlanc (inherited)

← German lenken (cognate)

← German Gelenk (mention)

← English link (cognate)

← Middle English lank (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *hlankaz (inherited)

← Proto-West Germanic *hlank (inherited)

← Old High German hlanca (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *kleng- (derived)

→ English link (mention)

→ English lanky (suffix)

→ English flank (mention)

→ English lankly (suffix)

→ English lankness (suffix)

→ English lanken (affix)

→ English lanksome (suffix)

→ English lankish (suffix)

→ Welsh llanc (borrowed)

→ German lenken (cognate)

→ Spanish flanco (cognate)

→ Westrobothnian lakk (cognate)