Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klaiw

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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y- (“to stick”).

Noun

*klaiw m

1. clover

Inflection

consonant stemDeclension of *klaiw (consonant stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*klaiw	*klajiz
vocative	*klai	*klajiz
accusative	*klajų	*klaiwnz
genitive	*klajiz	*klajǫ̂
dative	*klaji	*klaiwmaz
instrumental	*klajē	*klaiwmiz

Synonyms

• *klaibrǭ

Descendants

• Old Saxon: kle
  • Middle Low German: klie
• Old High German: chlēo, klēo
  • Middle High German: klee
    • Central Franconian: Klee, Klie

      Luxembourgish: Kléi

    • East Central German:

      Vilamovian: kłej

    • German: Klee
    • Rhine Franconian: Klee, Kleje, Klie, Kläi

      Frankfurterisch: [kleː]