Words that come from Proto-Germanic “klinganą”

80 words across 26 languages descend from Proto-Germanic klinganą — including cling, clink, clench, clinking, clinch, clingy, clincher, clingstone.

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English (31)

French (7)

German (6)

Old English (4)

Esperanto (3)

Middle English (3)

Dutch (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Old French (2)

Middle High German (2)

Hungarian (1)

Polish (1)

Russian (1)

Yiddish (1)

Swedish (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Frankish (1)

Old High German (1)

Middle French (1)

Middle Low German (1)

Old Saxon (1)