Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/klautaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *glowdos (“clump, clod”), from *gel- (“to ball up; amass”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklɑu̯.tɑz/

Noun

*klautaz m(West Germanic)

  1. ball, lump
  2. knob, block, cleat

Inflection

Declension of *klautaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *klautaz *klautōz, *klautōs
vocative *klaut *klautōz, *klautōs
accusative *klautą *klautanz
genitive *klautas, *klautis *klautǫ̂
dative *klautai *klautamaz
instrumental *klautō *klautamiz

Descendants

  • Old English: *clēat, clēot
  • Old Frisian: klāt
    • (Saterland Frisian: Klüüte?)
    • West Frisian: kleat
  • Old Saxon: *klōt
    • Middle Low German: klôt m
      • German Low German: Kloot
      • → Old Norse: klót n
        • Icelandic: klót n
        • Norwegian Nynorsk: klote
        • Swedish: klot n
        • Danish: klode n
          • → Norwegian Bokmål: klode
  • Old Dutch: *klout, *klōt
    • Middle Dutch: cloet, cloot
      • Dutch: kloot
        • → West Frisian: kloat
  • Old High German: klōz, chlōz
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