Morpheme
Cling
Type
free base
Denotation
adhere, stick
Etymology
Middle English clingen; Old English clingan
Evidence
anticling, cling, clinger, clingfish, clinging, clings, clingsome, clingstone, clingwrap, clingy, noncling, uncling
Notes
phonosemantic <cl> denoting “physical feeling or action of gripping, gathering, or lumping”
cling~clench, drink~drench, stink~stench
