Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/klaiþą

This Proto-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

Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *gleyt-, an extension of the root *gley- (“to cling to, stick to, adhere”); however, the semantics are not particularly strong, as Kroonen notes, who leaves the origin open.

Noun

*klaiþą n

1. cloth

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *klaiþą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*klaiþą	*klaiþō
vocative	*klaiþą	*klaiþō
accusative	*klaiþą	*klaiþō
genitive	*klaiþas, *klaiþis	*klaiþǫ̂
dative	*klaiþai	*klaiþamaz
instrumental	*klaiþō	*klaiþamiz

Derived terms

• *klaiþijaną
• *klaiþōną

Descendants

• Old English: clāþ, (clǣþ)
  • Middle English: clath, cloth
    • Scots: clath, claith
    • English: cloth
• Old Frisian: klāth, klēth
  • North Frisian: klaid
  • Saterland Frisian: Klood
  • West Frisian: klaad
  • → Old Norse: klæði
    • Icelandic: klæði
    • Faroese: klæði
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: klæde, klede
    • Old Swedish: klæþi
      • Swedish: kläde
    • Old Danish: klæthæ
      • Danish: klæde
        • Norwegian Bokmål: klede, klær
• Old Saxon: *klēth
  • Middle Low German: klēt
    • German Low German: Kleed
• Old Dutch: *klēt, *kleit
  • Middle Dutch: cleet
    • Dutch: kleed (also kleren from an older plural)
      • → West Frisian: kleed
• Old High German: *kleid, chleit
  • Middle High German: kleit
    • Bavarian: Kladl
    • German: Kleid
    • Luxembourgish: Kleed
    • Yiddish: קלייד (kleyd)