Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ḱlównis

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Noun

*ḱlównis f

1. buttocks, hip

Inflection

Athematic, proterokinetic
	singular
nominative	*ḱlównis
genitive	*ḱlunéys
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ḱlównis	*ḱlównih₁(e)	*ḱlówneyes
vocative	*ḱlówni	*ḱlównih₁(e)	*ḱlówneyes
accusative	*ḱlównim	*ḱlównih₁(e)	*ḱlównims
genitive	*ḱlunéys	*?	*ḱlunéyoHom
ablative	*ḱlunéys	*?	*ḱlunímos, *ḱluníbʰos
dative	*ḱlunéyey	*?	*ḱlunímos, *ḱluníbʰos
locative	*ḱlunéy, *ḱlunḗy	*?	*ḱlunísu
instrumental	*ḱluníh₁	*?	*ḱlunímis, *ḱluníbʰis

Descendants

• Proto-Balto-Slavic: *ślaunis (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Celtic: *klounis
  • Proto-Brythonic: *klʉn
    • Middle Breton: clun
      • Breton: klun
    • Cornish: clun
    • Middle Welsh: clun
      • Welsh: clun
• Proto-Germanic: *hlauniz
  • Old Norse: hlaun
    • Norwegian: laun
• >? Proto-Hellenic:
  • Ancient Greek: κλόνις (klónis) (perhaps with contamination from κλόνος (klónos, “confusion, excitement”))
• Proto-Italic: *klounis (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ćráwniš (see there for further descendants)