Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klāu
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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *klēwō.
Noun
[edit]*klāu f[1]
Inflection
[edit]| wō-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *klāu | |
| Genitive | *klāwā | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *klāu | *klāwō |
| Accusative | *klāwā | *klāwā |
| Genitive | *klāwā | *klāwō |
| Dative | *klāwē | *klāwōm, *klāum |
| Instrumental | *klāu | *klāwōm, *klāum |
Descendants
[edit]- Old English: clēa, clāwu
- Old Frisian: klē, klēwe
- Old Saxon: clāwa
- Middle Low German: klauwe
- Old Dutch: clāwa, *clā
- Old High German: klāwa
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 150: “PWGmc *klāu, pl. *klāwō”