Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/klewô

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

Alternative forms

*klewwô

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *glew- (“to conglomerate, amass; clump, ball, bale”).

Noun

*klewô m

clump, mass, ball, bale

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *klewô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*klewô	*klewaniz
vocative	*klewô	*klewaniz
accusative	*klewanų	*klewanunz
genitive	*kliwiniz	*klewanǫ̂
dative	*kliwini	*klewammaz
instrumental	*kliwinē	*klewammiz

Derived terms

*kliwwilą
*kliwīną, *kliuwīną
- Old English: clīewen (see there for further descendants)
- Old Frisian: *kliwen
  - West Frisian: kleaune
- Old Saxon: kleuwīn
  - Middle Low German: klūwen, klüwen
    - Low German: kluwe, klouwen
- Old Dutch: *kliuwīn
  - Middle Dutch: cluwen, clouwen, cluen, clūwijn
    - Dutch: kluwen
- Old High German: kliuwelīn
  - Middle High German: kliuwelīn ⇒ kniulin

Related terms

*klewō
*klōwō

Descendants

Old High German: chliwa, chliuwa, kliuwa, kliuwi, kliwi, kliu, chliuwi
- Middle High German: kliuwe ⇒ kliuwel
  - German: Kläuel, Kleuel
  - ⇒ Middle High German: kniuwel
    - Cimbrian: khnaul
    - German: Knauel, Knäuel
      - → English: knawel
Old Norse: klé, kljár
- Icelandic: klé, kljár

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