Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klaij

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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
  • Old Saxon: *klei
  • Old Dutch: *clei
  • →? Proto-Slavic: *klějь (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*klajja-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 291
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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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