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 rebuilt from original z-stem[1] *klaiw ~ *klaiwiʀi, perhaps of substrate origin[2].
Noun
*klaiw m
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 |
Derived terms
- Proto-West Germanic: *klaibrā
Descendants
Further reading
- Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*klaiwaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 215
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*klaiwiz-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 291-292
- ^ 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