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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klauwjan

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 *klawjaną.

Verb

*klauwjan

  1. to claw or scratch

Inflection

Strong class 7 j-present
Infinitive *klauwjan
1st sg. past *kleōw
3rd pl. past *kleōwun
Past ptcple *klawan
Infinitive *klauwjan
Genitive infin. *klauwjannjas
Dative infin. *klauwjannjē
Instrum. infin. *klauwjannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *klauwju *kleōw
2nd singular *klawiʀi *kleōwī
3rd singular *klawidi *kleōw
1st plural *klauwjum *kleōwum
2nd plural *klawid *kleōwud
3rd plural *klauwjand *kleōwun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *klauwjē *kleōwī
2nd singular *klauwjēs *kleōwī
3rd singular *klauwjē *kleōwī
1st plural *klauwjēm *kleōwīm
2nd plural *klauwjēþ *kleōwīd
3rd plural *klauwjēn *kleōwīn
Imperative Present
Singular *klawi
Plural *klawid
Present Past
Participle *klauwjandī *klawan

Descendants

  • 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)
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