Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klaitā

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

From Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y- (“to stick”).

Noun

*klaitā f

1. (botany) burdock

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*klaitā
Genitive	*klaitōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*klaitā	*klaitōn
Accusative	*klaitōn	*klaitōn
Genitive	*klaitōn	*klaitōnō
Dative	*klaitōn	*klaitōm, *klaitum
Instrumental	*klaitōn	*klaitōm, *klaitum

Derived terms

• *klaitijā
  • Old English: *clǣte
    • Middle English: clete, cleyt, clyte, clett
      • English: cleat

Related terms

• *klītā
• *kliþā
• *kliþþjā

Descendants

• Old English: clāte
  • Middle English: clate, clote, clotte
    • English: clote
      • ⇒ English: clotbur
• Old Frisian: *klāte
  • →? Middle Low German: klatte
    • German Low German: Klatte, Klatt
• Old Saxon: *klēta
  • ⇒ Middle Low German: klêteken, kletteken