Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/klebô

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

Of uncertain origin. Traditionally considered a borrowing from Latin clībanus (“baking vessel; oven”), with semantic development "oven" > "heatable room",^[1] though this is semantically doubtful.^[2] Note that a relation to *kleubaną (“to split, cleave”) is semantically appealing, though phonetically difficult.

Noun

*klebô m

an apartment, a separate room or space
a compartment, closet

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *klebô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*klebô	*klebaniz
vocative	*klebô	*klebaniz
accusative	*klebanų	*klebanunz
genitive	*klibiniz	*klebanǫ̂
dative	*klibini	*klebammaz
instrumental	*klibinē	*klebammiz

Related terms

*kleubaną

Descendants

Old English: cleofa, cleafa
- Middle English: cleve
  - English: cleve
Old Norse: klefi, klifi
- Icelandic: klefi
- Faroese: klivi
- Norwegian: kleve
- → Scots: klaivie

References

^ de Vries, Jan (1977) “klefi”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary]‎^[1] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 315
^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “klefi”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

[1] Vries, Jan (1977) “klefi”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary]‎^[1] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 315

[2] Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “klefi”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

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