Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klaiw

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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Unknown; possibly from an original z-stem[1] *klaiw ~ *klaiwiʀi, perhaps of substrate origin[2].

Noun

*klaiw m

  1. clover
    Synonym: *klaibrā

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *klaiw
Genitive *klaiwas
Singular Plural
Nominative *klaiw *klaiwō, *klaiwōs
Accusative *klaiw *klaiwā
Genitive *klaiwas *klaiwō
Dative *klaiwē *klaiwum
Instrumental *klaiwu *klaiwum

Descendants

  • Old Saxon: klē
  • Old Dutch: *klē (?)
    • Middle Dutch: clee (southern and eastern, perhaps from High German)
  • Old High German: chlēo, klēo

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*klaiwiz-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 291-292
  2. ^ Schrijver, Peter (1997) “Animal, vegetable and mineral: some Western European substratum words”, in Lubotsky, A., editor, Sound Law and Analogy‎[1], Amsterdam/Atlanta, pages 293–316
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