Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klīþþu

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

Etymology

Alternation of *-þ- ~ *-þþ- suggests Proto-Germanic *klīþō ~ *kliþþaz, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gléy-t-ō ~ *gli-t-né-s, from *gley- (“to stick, glue”) +‎ *-t- +‎ *-ō.

Noun

*klīþþu f

1. burdock, clotbur

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*klīþþu
Genitive	*klīþþā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*klīþþu	*klīþþō
Accusative	*klīþþā	*klīþþā
Genitive	*klīþþā	*klīþþō
Dative	*klīþþē	*klīþþōm, *klīþþum
Instrumental	*klīþþu	*klīþþōm, *klīþþum

Alternative reconstructions

• *klīþu, *kliþþō, *klitu, *klittu, *klitt, *klītu, *klidu

Descendants

• Old English: cliþe
  • Middle English: clete, clyte, cleyt, clett
    • English: clithe (obsolete)
• Old Saxon: kledda, kledtha f, kleddo m
  • Middle Low German: klette
    • German Low German:

      Westphalian:

      Sauerländisch (Niedersfeld, Felbecke, Attendorn), South Westphalian (Dortmund), Westmünsterländisch: Klette

      Sauerländisch: Kliäte, Klaite (Brilon), Klädde (Wenden)

• Old Dutch: *kletta
  • Middle Dutch: clesse, clisse, clitte, clette f
    • Middle Dutch: klis, klit
• Old High German: kletta f, kletto m
  • Middle High German: klete
    • German: Klette, Kleise