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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/klinganą

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 1

From Pre-Germanic *glengʰ- (sound), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gal-, *gelH- (to call, sound) (compare *golH-s- (voice, cry)), the root whence also *kalzōną, and/or ultimately onomatopoeic.

Verb

*klinganą[1]

  1. to sound
Inflection
Derived terms
  • >? *klinkō
    • Proto-West Germanic: *klinku (see there for further descendants)
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *gley- (to glue, stick together). Originally regular verb assimilated into strong verb class 3.

Verb

*klinganą[2][3]

  1. to adhere to, cling to
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*klingan- ~ *klinkan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 293
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*klingan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 293
  3. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*klenʒanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 216
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