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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klott

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 earlier *kluttaz,[1] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to ball up; amass; clench”). Compare related *klūt, from Proto-Germanic *klūtaz.

Noun

*klott m

  1. clod, lump, ball

Declension
Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *klott
Genitive *klottas
Singular Plural
Nominative *klott *klottō, *klottōs
Accusative *klott *klottā
Genitive *klottas *klottō
Dative *klottē *klottum
Instrumental *klottu *klottum

Descendants
  • Old English: clot, clott; *clod (in clod-hamer)
  • Old Saxon: *klott, *klot
    • Middle Low German: klot
      • >? German Low German: Klatt
  • Old High German: kloz, chloz
    • Middle High German: kloz, klotz
      • Alemannic German: Chlotz, Glotz
      • German: Klotz
        • → Polish: kloc
        • → Lithuanian: klucus
      • Luxembourgish: Klatz
      • Yiddish: קלאָץ (klots)
      • → Middle Low German: klotz

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*kluttaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 217
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