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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klainī
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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
Etymology
Unknown; suggested to be related to *klaij (“clay”),[1][2] however this seems semantically improbable.
Inflection
| ja-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *klainī | ||
| Genitive | *klainijas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *klainī | *klainiju | *klainī |
| Accusative | *klainijanā | *klainijā | *klainī |
| Genitive | *klainijas | *klainijeʀā | *klainijas |
| Dative | *klainijumē | *klainijeʀē | *klainijumē |
| Instrumental | *klainiju | *klainijeʀu | *klainiju |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *klainijē | *klainijō | *klainiju |
| Accusative | *klainijā | *klainijā | *klainiju |
| Genitive | *klainijeʀō | *klainijeʀō | *klainijeʀō |
| Dative | *klainijēm, *klainijum | *klainijēm, *klainijum | *klainijēm, *klainijum |
| Instrumental | *klainijēm, *klainijum | *klainijēm, *klainijum | *klainijēm, *klainijum |
Descendants
- Old English: clǣne, clēne, clāne
- Old Frisian: klēne
- Old Saxon: klēni
- Old Dutch: cleini
- Old High German: kleini, chlainī, chlæinī, chleinī, cleine, clēnī, khleinī
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*klainja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 290
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*klainiz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 214–215
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