sling

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   hold or carry in a sling

   As the doctor began to sling my arm I realized that I would not be able to play soon.

Simplified etymology

Sling, for a loop used as a support or weapon, is a Middle English word probably from Dutch. Gin sling is recorded from the mid-18th century, but its origin is unknown.

From Middle English slynge (noun), slyngen (verb), probably from Old Norse slyngja, slyngva (“to hurl”), from Proto-Germanic *slingwaną (“to worm, twist”) or compare Old English slingan (“to wind, twist”), from the same source. Compare German schlingen (“to swing, wind, twist”), Danish and Norwegian slynge), from Proto-Indo-European *slenk- (“to turn, twist”) (compare Welsh llyngyr (“worms, maggots”), Lithuanian sliñkti (“to crawl like a snake”), Latvian slìkt (“to sink”)).

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