Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kliuwīn

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

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Noun

*kliuwīn n^[1]

ball, clump

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kliuwīn
Genitive	*kliuwīnas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kliuwīn	*kliuwīnu
Accusative	*kliuwīn	*kliuwīnu
Genitive	*kliuwīnas	*kliuwīnō
Dative	*kliuwīnē	*kliuwīnum
Instrumental	*kliuwīnu	*kliuwīnum

Descendants

Old English: clīewen, clȳwen, clēowen, clīwen
- Middle English: clewen, clewe
  - English: clew, clue
  - Scots: clew, cleu, clue, cloo
Old Frisian: *kliāwen
- Saterland Frisian: Kljoun
- West Frisian: kleaune
Old Saxon: kliuwīn, kleuwīn
- Middle Low German: klûwen, klü̂wen, kluwe
  - German Low German: Kloon
Old Dutch: *cliuwin
- Middle Dutch: cluwen, clouwen, clouwe
  - Dutch: kluwen
Old High German: kliuwīn, kliuwī
- Middle Low German: kliuwe

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 250: “PWGmc *kliuwīn”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 250: “PWGmc *kliuwīn”

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