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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
A zero-grade intensive verb related to the strong verb *klinnan (“to sound”).
Verb
*klunnjan
- to sound
- to knock
Inflection
| Class 1 weak
|
| Infinitive
|
*klunnjan
|
| 1st sg. past
|
*klunidā
|
| Infinitive
|
*klunnjan
|
| Genitive infin.
|
*klunnjannjas
|
| Dative infin.
|
*klunnjannjē
|
| Instrum. infin.
|
*klunnjannju
|
| Indicative
|
Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*klunnju
|
*klunidā
|
| 2nd singular
|
*klunisi
|
*klunidēs, *klunidōs
|
| 3rd singular
|
*kluniþi
|
*klunidē, *klunidā
|
| 1st plural
|
*klunnjum
|
*klunidum
|
| 2nd plural
|
*kluniþ
|
*klunidud
|
| 3rd plural
|
*klunnjanþ
|
*klunidun
|
| Subjunctive
|
Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*klunnjē
|
*klunidī
|
| 2nd singular
|
*klunnjēs
|
*klunidī
|
| 3rd singular
|
*klunnjē
|
*klunidī
|
| 1st plural
|
*klunnjēm
|
*klunidīm
|
| 2nd plural
|
*klunnjēþ
|
*klunidīd
|
| 3rd plural
|
*klunnjēn
|
*klunidīn
|
| Imperative
|
Present
|
|
| Singular
|
*kluni
|
| Plural
|
*kluniþ
|
|
|
Present
|
Past
|
| Participle
|
*klunnjandī
|
*klunid
|
Descendants
References
- Guus Kroonen (2013) “*klunjan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 294
