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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klawiþō

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *klawiþô.

Noun

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*klawiþō m[1]

  1. itch

Inflection

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Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *klawiþō
Genitive *klawiþini, *klawiþan
Singular Plural
Nominative *klawiþō *klawiþan
Accusative *klawiþan *klawiþan
Genitive *klawiþini, *klawiþan *klawiþanō
Dative *klawiþini, *klawiþan *klawiþum
Instrumental *klawiþini, *klawiþan *klawiþum

Descendants

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  • Old English: cleweþa
  • Old High German: klouwida

References

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  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 148:PWGmc *klawiþō