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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/klawjaną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From a Proto-Indo-European root *glew-, from a base *gel- (to make round, clench).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklɑ.wjɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*klawjaną[1]

  1. to claw or scratch

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *klauwjan
    • Old English: clawan; clāwan, *clēn (strong class 7)
    • Old Saxon: *clawōn
      • Middle Low German: klâwen
    • Old Dutch: *clōien, *clouen
      • Middle Dutch: clôyen, clooien, clouwen
    • Old High German: klawjan
      • Middle High German: kleuen, klæwen
        • German: kläuen (dialectal or obsolete), klauen (remodelled after the noun, or from West Germanic *klawēn)
  • Old Norse: klá, kleyja
    • Icelandic: klá
    • Faroese: kláa
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: klå
    • Norwegian Bokmål: klø (< kleyja)
    • Old Swedish: klā

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*klawō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 292:*klaujan-
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