Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/klintaz

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

Alternative forms

• *kluntaz

Etymology

Uncertain; hypothetically from Proto-Indo-European *glendos (“shore”), but the only cognate is Proto-Celtic *glendos (“valley”) (along with its descendants). They are alternatively suggested to be of shared substrate origin. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*klintaz m

1. hill

   Synonyms: *brinkaz, *haugaz, *hlaiwą, *hulliz, *klūtaz

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *klintaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*klintaz	*klintōz, *klintōs
vocative	*klint	*klintōz, *klintōs
accusative	*klintą	*klintanz
genitive	*klintas, *klintis	*klintǫ̂
dative	*klintai	*klintamaz
instrumental	*klintō	*klintamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *klint
  • Old Saxon: *klint
    • Middle Low German: *klint
      • German Low German: Klint
        • → Danish: klint
• Old Norse: klettr
  • Danish: klit
  • Faroese: klettur
  • Norn: klett
  • Icelandic: klettur
  • Norwegian: klett
  • Swedish: klätt
  • → Scottish Gaelic: cleit

References

• Jürgen Udolph: Namenkundliche Studien zum Germanenproblem. 1994.