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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).

Verb

*klibāną

  1. to stick, to adhere

Inflection

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

Further reading

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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