Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klaibrā

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

Alternative forms

• *klaibʀā

Etymology

Unknown; suggested to be from earlier *klaiwʀā, in which the sequence *-wʀ- developed into *-bʀ-, syncopated from an original z-stem *klaiw ~ *klaiwiʀi, whence a-stem *klaiw, perhaps of substrate origin.

Noun

*klaibrā f

1. clover

   Synonym: *klaiw

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*klaibrā
Genitive	*klaibrōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*klaibrā	*klaibrōn
Accusative	*klaibrōn	*klaibrōn
Genitive	*klaibrōn	*klaibrōnō
Dative	*klaibrōn	*klaibrōm, *klaibrum
Instrumental	*klaibrōn	*klaibrōm, *klaibrum

Derived terms

• *klaibrijā

Descendants

• Old English: clāfre, clǣfre (< *klaibrijā)
  • Middle English: clafre, claver, clovere, clevre
    • Scots: claver, clavir, clever
    • English: clover
• Old Frisian: *klāvere, *klēvere
  • Saterland Frisian: Kleeuwer
  • West Frisian: klaver
• Old Saxon: *klēvera, klefe
  • Middle Low German: klêver, kleiver, klaver, kleve
    • Low German: Klever, Klewer, Kleeber, Klief, Kliev
    • German Low German: Klaver
    • → Danish: kløver, klør
    • → Russian: кле́вер (kléver)
    • → Swedish: klöver
    • → Norwegian: kløver
• Old Dutch: *klēvara
  • Middle Dutch: clevere, clavere (only in coastal areas, so possibly a loan from Old Frisian)
    • Dutch: klêver (dialectal), klaver