Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/klinganą
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Pre-Germanic *glengʰ- (“sound”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gal-, *gelH- (“to call, sound”) (compare *golH-s- (“voice, cry”)), the root whence also *kalzōną, and/or ultimately onomatopoeic, similar to Latin clangō (“to clang”).[1]
Verb
[edit]*klinganą
- to sound
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of *klinganą (strong class 3)
Derived terms
[edit]- >? *klinkō
- Proto-West Germanic: *klinku (see there for further descendants)
Descendants
[edit]- Old Frisian: klinga
- Old Saxon: *klingan
- Old Dutch: *clingan
- Old High German: klingan
Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to glue, stick together”). Originally a regular verb assimilated into strong verb class 3.[2]
Verb
[edit]*klinganą[3]
- to adhere to, cling to
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of *klinganą (strong class 3)
Related terms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old English: clingan
- Old Saxon: *klingan
- Old Dutch: *clingan
- Old High German: klingan
- Middle High German: klingen
References
[edit]- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*klingan- ~ *klinkan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 293
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*klingan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 293
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*klenʒanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 216