Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klaiw

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klaiw. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klaiw, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klaiw in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klaiw you have here. The definition of the word Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klaiw will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofReconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klaiw, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
 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; possibly from an original z-stem[1] *klaiw ~ *klaiwiʀi, perhaps of substrate origin.[2]

Noun

*klaiw n

  1. clover

Inflection

z-stem
Singular
Nominative *klaiw
Genitive *klaiwiʀi
Singular Plural
Nominative *klaiw *klaiwiʀu
Accusative *klaiw *klaiwiʀu
Genitive *klaiwiʀi *klaiwiʀō
Dative *klaiwiʀi *klaiwiʀum
Instrumental *klaiwiʀi *klaiwiʀum

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*klaiwiz-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 291-292
  2. ^ Schrijver, Peter (1997) “Animal, vegetable and mineral: some Western European substratum words”, in Lubotsky, A., editor, Sound Law and Analogy‎, Amsterdam/Atlanta, pages 293–316
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia