English slink

← Old English slincan (inherited)

← German schleichen (cognate)

← English sleek (link)

← Middle English slynken (inherited)

← Middle English sclynken (mention)

← West Frisian slinke (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *slinkaną (inherited)

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

← Proto-Indo-European *slenk- (mention)

← Proto-Indo-European *sel- (derived)

← Low German slinken (cognate)

← Dutch slinken (cognate)

← Swedish slinka (cognate)

→ English slinky (suffix)

→ English sleek (mention)

→ English slunk (mention)

→ English slinker (suffix)

→ English slinketh (suffix)

→ English slinkest (suffix)

→ English slinkskin (compound)

→ German schleichen (cognate)