flank
English
/flæŋk/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To attack the flank(s) of.
- (transitive) To defend the flank(s) of.
- (transitive) To place to the side(s) of.
- (intransitive) To be placed to the side(s) of something (usually in terms of two objects, one on each side).
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English flanc inherited from Old English flanc (flank) derived from Old French flanc derived from Frankish *hlanca derived from Proto-Germanic *hlankō (curve, bend, hip, flank), *hlankaz (flexible, bendsome, sleek) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kleng- (bend).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kleng-
Gloss
bend
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- flank steak English
- flanker English
- lank English
- outflank English
- outflanker English
- steak English
- lonkka Finnish
- fianco Italian
- flankeren Dutch, Flemish
- flanquer French
- flanco Spanish, Castilian
- *kleng- Proto-Indo-European
- flanco Portuguese
- *hlankaz Proto-Germanic
- *hlankiz Proto-Germanic
- *hlankō Proto-Germanic
- flanc Old English
- hlanc Old English
- flanc Middle English
- flanc Old French
- خنج Persian
- *hlanca Frankish
- *hlanka Frankish