schlingen.
to wind
Meaning & usage
to wind
to loop, tie, knot
to wind, coil
to creep, twine
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German slingen, from Old High German slingan, from Proto-West Germanic *slingwan, from Proto-Germanic *slingwaną (“to twist”). Compare English sling.
to gobble, to wolf down, to bolt (to eat quickly, often without chewing)
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German slinden, verslinden, from Old High German slintan, farslintan, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *fraslindan (“to devour”). Several dialects of Central German exhibit a regular development -nd- → -ng-, whereby the verb was merged with schlingen (etymology 1). This dialectal form asserted itself in modern standard German, the original consonantism being preserved in the noun Schlund. Cognate with Dutch slinden.
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