Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/klibāną

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

A stative derived from the root of *klībaną (to stick).[1]

Verb

*klibāną

  1. to stick, to adhere

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *klibō ? ? ?
2nd singular *klibaisi ? *klibai *klibāsai ?
3rd singular *klibaiþi ? *klibāþau *klibāþai ?
1st dual *klibōs ?
2nd dual *klibāþiz ? *klibāþiz
1st plural *klibāmaz ? *klibānþai ?
2nd plural *klibaiþ ? *klibaiþ *klibānþai ?
3rd plural *klibānþi ? *klibānþau *klibānþai ?
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *klibadǭ *klibadēdį̄
2nd singular *klibadēz *klibadēdīz
3rd singular *klibadē *klibadēdī
1st dual *klibadēdū *klibadēdīw
2nd dual *klibadēdudiz *klibadēdīdiz
1st plural *klibadēdum *klibadēdīm
2nd plural *klibadēdud *klibadēdīd
3rd plural *klibadēdun *klibadēdīn
present past
participles *klibāndz *klibadaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *klibēn
    • Old English: clifian, cleofian
    • Old Frisian: *klivia, *klevia
      • Saterland Frisian: klieuwje
      • West Frisian: kleevje, klibje
    • Old Saxon: klibōn, klivōn, *klevōn
    • Old Dutch: clivon
    • Old High German: klebēn, chlebēn; (Central German also) *klevōn (attested as clevōne, clivōda)
  • Old Norse: klifa (possibly conflated with *klibōną?)
    • Icelandic: klifa

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*klibēn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 293