lean

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 349 words | Copyright

lean2 recline; incline. OE. hleonian, hlinian, corr. to OS. hlinon (Du. leunen), OHG. (h)linēn (G. lehnen), f. Gmc. *χlī˘- :- IE. *k̂lī- (cf. Gr. klîmax ladder, CLIMAX, L. clīvus declivity, Skr. śri- lean), with -n- formative as in Gr. klī˘nein bend, L. inclīnāre INCLINE.

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