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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/klaimijaną

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 *klaimaz (clay) + *-janą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklɑi̯.mi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*klaimijaną[1][2]

  1. to smear with clay, mortar

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *klaimijan
    • Old English: clǣman
      • Middle English: clemen
        • English: cleam
    • Old Dutch: *clēmen
    • Old High German: *kleimen
      • Old High German: bikleimen (to stain)
  • Old Norse: kleima
    • Icelandic: kleima
    • Faroese: kleima
    • Norwegian Bokmål: kleime
    • Elfdalian: kliema

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*klaimjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 214
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*klajja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 291:klaimjan
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