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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klawēn

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 *klawu (claw) + *-ēn.[1]

Verb

*klawēn

  1. to scratch

Inflection

Class 3 weak
Infinitive *klawēn
1st sg. past *klaw?dā
Infinitive *klawēn
Genitive infin. *klawēnijas
Dative infin. *klawēnijē
Instrum. infin. *klawēniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *klawē *klaw?dā
2nd singular *klawēs *klaw?dēs, *klaw?dēs
3rd singular *klawēþ *klaw?dē, *klaw?dā
1st plural *klawēm *klaw?dum
2nd plural *klawēþ *klaw?dud
3rd plural *klawēnþ *klaw?dun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *klawē *klaw?dī
2nd singular *klawēs *klaw?dī
3rd singular *klawē *klaw?dī
1st plural *klawēm *klaw?dīm
2nd plural *klawēþ *klaw?dīd
3rd plural *klawēn *klaw?dīn
Imperative Present
Singular *klawē
Plural *klawēþ
Present Past
Participle *klawēndī *klaw?d

Descendants

Later descendants seem to conflate this verb with *klauwjan.

  • Old English: clawian
  • Old Saxon: *clawōn
    • Middle Low German: klâwen
  • Old Dutch: *clouen
    • Middle Dutch: clouwen
  • Old High German: klawēn, chlawēn
    • Middle High German: *klauen

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:*klawēn-
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