Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/klintaz

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

Alternative forms

*kluntaz

Etymology

Uncertain; hypothetically from Proto-Indo-European *glendos (“shore”), but the only cognate is Proto-Celtic *glendos (“valley”) (along with its descendants). They are alternatively suggested to be of shared substrate origin. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*klintaz m

hill
Synonyms: *brinkaz, *haugaz, *hlaiwą, *hulliz, *klūtaz

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *klintaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*klintaz	klintōz, klintōs
vocative	*klint	klintōz, klintōs
accusative	*klintą	*klintanz
genitive	klintas, klintis	*klintǫ̂
dative	*klintai	*klintamaz
instrumental	*klintō	*klintamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *klint
- Old Saxon: *klint
  - Middle Low German: *klint
    - German Low German: Klint
Old Norse: klettr
- Danish: klit
- Faroese: klettur
- Norn: klett
- Icelandic: klettur
- Norwegian: klett
- Swedish: klätt
- → Scottish Gaelic: cleit

References

Jürgen Udolph: Namenkundliche Studien zum Germanenproblem. 1994.

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