Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klagu

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 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

Unknown;[1][2] compared to the descendants of Proto-Indo-Iranian *garȷ́ʰ- (“to complain”) (from Proto-Indo-European *g(w)eRǵh-[3]) but the schwebeablaut makes this questionable. Bjorvand/Lindeman assume an onomatopoeic origin.[4]

Noun

*klagu f

  1. lamentation, complaint

Inflection

ō-stem
Singular
Nominative *klagu
Genitive *klagā
Singular Plural
Nominative *klagu *klagō
Accusative *klagā *klagā
Genitive *klagā *klagō
Dative *klagē *klagōm, *klagum
Instrumental *klagu *klagōm, *klagum

Descendants

  • Old Frisian: klage, klagi
  • Old Saxon: klaga
  • Old High German: klaga

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “klagen”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
  2. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “klago”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 290
  3. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 187
  4. ^ “Proto-West Germanic/klagu”, in: Bjorvand & Lindeman, Våre arveord, rev. ed. Oslo, 2007.
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