Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kluftiz

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

From *kleubaną +‎ *-þiz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkluɸ.tiz/

Noun

*kluftiz f

(act of) splitting

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *kluftiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kluftiz	*kluftīz
vocative	*klufti	*kluftīz
accusative	*kluftį	*kluftinz
genitive	*kluftīz	*kluftijǫ̂
dative	*kluftī	*kluftimaz
instrumental	*kluftī	*kluftimiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *klufti
- Old English: ġeclyft
  - Middle English: clift, clyft
    - English: cleft
    - Scots: clift, cleft, klift
- Old Frisian: kleft
- Old Saxon: *kluft
  - Middle Low German: kluft
    - German Low German: Kluft
    - Plautdietsch: Kluft
    - → Saterland Frisian: Kluft
- Old Dutch: *kluft
  - Middle Dutch: kluft, klucht
    - Dutch: klucht, kluft
      - Afrikaans: klug
      - → West Frisian: kloft, klucht
- Old High German: kluft
  - Middle High German: kluft
    - German: Kluft
Old Norse: kluft, *klyft (possibly from Middle Low German)
- Faroese: kluft
- Icelandic: kluft
- Norwegian: kløft, kluft
- Old Swedish: klyft (late Old Swedish)
  - Swedish: klyft, klyfta
- Danish: kløft, klyft, kløfte

References

klyfta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
“kløft” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog