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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klaij

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 Proto-Germanic *klaj(j)az, from Proto-Indo-European *gloy-(y)ó-s, from *gley- (“to glue, stick together”). Cognate with Ancient Greek γλοιός (gloiós, “gum; mud, sludge”).[1][2]

Noun

*klaij m[2]

  1. clay

Inflection
Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *klaij
Genitive *klaijas
Singular Plural
Nominative *klaij *klaijō, *klaijōs
Accusative *klaij *klaijā
Genitive *klaijas *klaijō
Dative *klaijē *klaijum
Instrumental *klaiju *klaijum

Descendants
  • Old English: clǣġ
    • Middle English: cley
      • English: clay, cley
      • Scots: cley
      • Yola: cley
  • Old Frisian: klāi
    • North Frisian: klay
    • Saterland Frisian: Kloai
    • West Frisian: klaai
  • Old Saxon: *klei
    • Middle Low German: klei, kley, kleye
      • German Low German: Klei
      • → German: Klei
  • Old Dutch: *clei
  • →? Proto-Slavic: *klějь (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*klajja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 291
  2. Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Klei”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 375-376: “wg. *klaija-”
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