Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klobulauk

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 *klobu, *klobi (“clove, bulb”) +‎ *lauk (“leek”).

Noun

*klobulauk m

1. garlic

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*klobulauk
Genitive	*klobulaukas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*klobulauk	*klobulaukō, *klobulaukōs
Accusative	*klobulauk	*klobulaukā
Genitive	*klobulaukas	*klobulaukō
Dative	*klobulaukē	*klobulaukum
Instrumental	*klobulauku	*klobulaukum

Alternative reconstructions

• *klubilauk, *klubulauk, *klobilauk

Descendants

• Old Saxon: kluflōk
  • Middle Low German: knuflôk, knufloek, knuflof, knufflôk, knuftlôk, knovelôk, kloflôk
    • German Low German:

      East Frisian: Knuuvlook, Knoovlook

      Low Prussian: Knobloch

      Westphalian:

      Sauerländisch: Knuffläof, Knaublauch (Brilon), Knubbelejek (Niedersfeld), Knoubluak (Attendorn), Knoblauch (Drolshagen), Knuffläoch (Kirchhundem), Kniuweläoch (Selbecke)

      East Westphalian: Knublack (Lipp)

      South Westphalian: Knuflaok (Dortmund)

    • → Saterland Frisian: Knuuflok
    • → Old Norse: kloflaukr (influenced in form by laukr)
• Old Dutch: *kloflōk
  • Middle Dutch: knofloick, knuuflooch, cloffloc
    • Dutch: knoflook
    • → West Frisian: knyflok
• Old High German: klobalouh, klobilouh
  • Middle High German: knobelouch, knoblouch, klobelouch, knobelouch
    • German: Knoblauch