Reconstruction:Old Dutch/clova

This Old Dutch 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.

Old Dutch

Etymology

Indirectly from *clievan, from Proto-Germanic *kleubaną.

Noun

*clova f

  1. cleaved wood

Declension

Declension of *clova (feminine ō/ōn-stem noun)
case singular plural
nominative *clova *clova, *clovon
accusative *clova, *clovon *clova, *clovon
genitive *clovon *clovono
dative *clovon *clovon

Descendants

  • → Old French: gloon (via an oblique case)

References

  • “klova”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
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